Should California pension funds invest in fossil fuels? How about Tesla and Palantir? Those debates are playing out at CalPERS and CalSTRS.

California lawmakers want to expand organized sports at prisons. An incarcerated journalist says the only winner would be the prison budget.

Students could earn a bachelor’s degree faster in select fields. Work experience could count toward required class units.

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

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

The lieutenant governor is next in line to the governor in case of an absence or vacancy, but much of the job is ceremonial. They stand in when the governor leaves California, serve as president of ...

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

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.

Cal State campuses have mixed records in returning Native remains and artifacts to tribes. Campus officials say they are working diligently to follow legal mandates but the process can be arduous, ...

Rooftop solar gets wrongly scapegoated for driving up utility bills. The dominant drivers are wildfire capital and guaranteed profits.

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