Many tests to diagnose Alzheimer’s aren’t consistently covered by insurance, putting answers out of reach for the people who need them most.

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California voters will decide on 14 statewide policy proposals come November, from the controversial billionaire tax to an ...

New California law limits medical cost recoveries from ride-hailing crashes, imposes new driver background check rules ...

State leaders struck a deal with Uber and trial lawyers to keep rivaling measures off the November ballot, but no deal yet on ...

Boyle Heights and Garden Grove residents are demanding accountability after fires and a toxic scare revealed how little protection they actually have.

The final deal puts a stripped-down tax-cut measure to voters in November but doesn't touch real-estate transfer taxes.

Want government records? You might have to pay more, wait longer or even fight the court to obtain them under a proposed new ...

A CalMatters investigation last year found that criminal defendants across the state are routinely convicted without anyone ...

A million-square-foot data center became a lighting rod in this rural county. Residents and local leaders are fighting back.

Billionaires want to build a new city on California farmland. They're lobbying to skip environmental reviews and using a shipbuilder as political leverage.

School funding in California steers a lot to wealthy districts and to those with high-needs students. Those in the middle get ...