By Eli Cohen, especially for CalMatters Solar panels on the roof of a home in Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood, Feb. 18, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters This comment was originally posted by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest…

By John England, especially for CalMatters Students in a classroom at George Washington Elementary School in Madera on Oct. 29, 2024. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local This comment was originally posted by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest…

from Jocelyn WienerCalMatters Alameda Health and Wellness Center, a nursing home owned by Shlomo Rechnitz, in Alameda on October 25, 2025. Photo by Florence Middleton for CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The…

A farm worker walks through a field on a farm outside Firebaugh on September 11, 2025. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local Will migrants and undocumented immigrant workers return to California farms next year? As harvest season approaches, that question…

By Kerry Malloy, special to CalMatters Denise Padgett of the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation holds her granddaughter Lola Lopez during a California Indian Day celebration at the Capitol on September 22, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters This comment was…

By Janine Pedersen-Guzman, especially for CalMatters This comment was originally posted by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Native American Heritage Month brings attention to how we relate to issues that are important to Indigenous people. Below: A former museum…

from Maya S. MillerCalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Congressman Eric Swalwell, a former Democratic presidential candidate who helped impeach President Donald Trump for the second time, has officially entered the race to…

from Dan WaltersCalMatters A home for sale in San Francisco’s Sunset neighborhood on July 12, 2023. Photo by Semantha Norris, CalMatters This comment was originally posted by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. We Californians know, or should know, that…

Alameda Health and Wellness Center, a nursing home owned by Shlomo Rechnitz, in Alameda on October 25, 2025. Photo by Florence Middleton for CalMatters The California nursing home chain owned by Shlomo Rechnitz has faced state scrutiny for years, including…

By Joy Chen and Jill Spivak, especially for CalMatters Two people look around their Altadena home after it burned to the ground in the Eaton fire on January 8, 2025 in Los Angeles County. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMatters…