California Republicans made gains in the state Legislature two years. Now Democrats are trying to tie them to Trump's unpopularity in 2026 ...

Asylum seekers pay much more in college tuition and are often excluded from financial aid as their asylum hearings drag for years.

As lawmakers weigh changing elderly parole, a retired parole board officer notes that only 3% of parolees have committed crimes upon release.

State public purpose programs add hundreds of dollars to each electric bill annually. Rooftop solar subsidies account for about half that.

The investigation was honored with the Frank A. Blethen Award for Local Accountability Reporting in the Poynter Journalism Prizes, and as a finalist for excellence in local and regional investigative ...

California's second-in-command has little power beyond serving on higher ed boards. These candidates want the job anyway — and say they can lower tuition.

In his memoir, Pratt describes himself as selfish, undisciplined and unprincipled. He deflects blame, squanders fortunes and ...

Newsom cheered the Delta tunnel’s latest milestone. But with decades behind it and major hurdles ahead, will California ever build it?

Ballots are in the mail for California’s primary election. These are the congressional races CalMatters is watching closely — and the candidates fighting for their political lives.

The U.S. Supreme Court has narrowed the Voting Rights Act over the past decade. The law in California was primarily used to ...

Six Democrats and two Republicans attacked each other but struggled to offer clear alternatives in a chaotic debate that left ...

It's a big job to regulate the nation's largest property and casualty insurance market for homeowners, businesses, renters ...