Training to be a teacher is expensive. These California programs can help

California teachers in training have to spend at least 600 hours in a classroom, often unpaid. New programs provide them an income.

Los niños se enferman y la gente no puede respirar; así es como líderes de San Diego responden a crisis de contaminación por aguas residuales

Los líderes de San Diego están acelerando planes para limpiar el río Tijuana y proteger la salud pública de la contaminación.
Opinion

California schools scored big increases in funding but not in academic performance

California schools' funding went from next-to-the-last to 13th highest while Gavin Newsom has been governor. But reading and math test scores didn't rise as high.
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A look at the top candidates vying to be California’s controller

California’s primary election is just around the corner. Prepare to vote with the latest updates from our election newsletter. In the race for oversight over California’s budget, the two main ...
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Kids are sick and people can’t breathe; how San Diego leaders are responding to a sewage pollution crisis

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GM just paid a record penalty for breaking California privacy law

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Critics of California’s rooftop solar program get the affordability story wrong

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What’s holding back California students? A new report urges stronger state oversight

California schools have made progress, but researchers say the state needs to shift away from district local control and ...

Latino voters shifted towards Democrats on Prop. 50. Here’s how we analyzed it.

Voters in Latino-majority precincts had the largest shift toward supporting Prop. 50 compared to 2024 election results .

For the lone woman left in the California governor’s race, it’s all about ‘temperament’

Katie Porter released an ad joking about her temper. But experts say the touchy issue reveals a double standard for women ...
Opinion

Personal injury lawyers distort our mistakes and the price Californians pay for them

Cozy arrangements between doctors, medical imaging centers, chiropractors and personal injury lawyers lead to insurance fraud, high premiums.
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Latinos in California are mad at Trump. Their votes for Democrats’ gerrymandering show it

The entryway of the Mercado Latino Tianguis shopping center in East Bakersfield on April 15, 2026. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters California’s primary election is just around the corner.