As fire season takes hold, California is managing fuels and fire on federal lands. Does California have the money to keep this up? Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to ...

If Prop 43 succeeds, local tax increases will need two-thirds approval from voters to pass. Some cities and counties have put tax increases on the current ballot.

California's slow vote count is a policy problem, argues the GOP candidate for state elections chief. Three changes could make a difference.

If you have a story about someone being killed or badly hurt by a driver who wasn’t prosecuted, we want to hear from you.

Cash-strapped counties and schools want relief from costly child sex abuse lawsuits, which have risen steadily since ...

The state has its own massive fleet and deep pockets — but a new federal "full suppression" strategy and deadly firefighter deaths are testing even California's resources.

CalMatters is suing UCLA after it refused to provide information about how much they are paying student athletes for ...

A group published a fabricated poll on LA's mayoral race, fooling the mayor’s campaign and news outlets — then admitted it ...

California has fostered programs that move students from classroom to careers, but employers need regional help navigating them, and the young people in them need to be paid, a nonprofit executive ...

The rollback could open more than 4 million acres to development, even as research shows roads can increase wildfire ...

The California Courts of Appeal decided to appoint a judge to investigate what led to AI-based errors in four Nevada County ...

Homelessness appears to be down in some California counties. Stricter ordinances, though, could be obscuring the true numbers.