California gave an old mobile home program a new name, a new focus and millions more to spend. The results are starting to come in.

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

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

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Gov. Gavin Newsom said the Trump administration appears to be investigating him and his wife. The Democrat said agents ...

Historically, students in short-term job training programs were ineligible for financial aid. That is changing, but the state ...

State officials have found they are using six high-risk AI-like systems. One year ago, they reported using zero.

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

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

A California city banned new data centers, underscoring a growing skepticism about the energy-hungry hubs that power ...