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IN SUMMARY: California Democratic Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff visited the state’s newest and largest ICE detention center, the former Kern County Jail. CoreCivic operates this center. This article is also available in English. Read it here. This is…
from Wendy FryCalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This is a developing story that will be updated. Democratic U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff today conducted an oversight visit to the state’s…
The Woodbury Building, which burned during the Eaton fire last year, in Altadena on Jan. 12, 2026. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMatters More than a year after the Eaton fire broke out in Los Angeles County’s Altadena neighborhood, small…
By Madison Kerbeck, especially for CalMatters This comment was originally posted by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Comment written by This is the 10th anniversary of the largest methane gas leak in United States history. Over four months…
By Josephine Rios, especially for CalMatters A sign in a Bakersfield office window on March 11, 2025. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local This comment was originally posted by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Comment written by The…
IN SUMMARY: California Attorney General Rob Bonta has sued the Trump administration more than 50 times. A recent victory ended the deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles. This article is also available in English. Read it here. At…
IN SUMMARY: Newsom has already vowed to veto a bill that would have imposed a 5 percent wealth tax on the state’s billionaires to shore up Medi-Cal. Progressive lawmakers and their allies in the labor and health care sectors appear…
from Dan WaltersCalMatters Students in a sixth-grade class read at Stege Elementary School in Richmond on Feb. 6, 2023. Photo by Shelby Knowles for CalMatters This comment was originally posted by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Governor Gavin Newsom…
Guest Comment written by Glenn Sachs Glenn Sachs teaches high school government in the Los Angeles Unified School District After a recent report by the University of California, San Diego documented a a decline in the math skills of incoming…
CalMatters staff in the newsroom in Sacramento on Dec. 5, 2023. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters Planning Note: WhatMatters is taking Monday off to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and will be back in your inboxes on Tuesday. In 2024,…
