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Kaiser nurses say technology is making their jobs — and patient care — worse

Kaiser Permanente advice nurse Raquel Alvarez Sanchez works from her home office in Santa Rosa on April 6, 2026. Kaiser Permanente nurses have raised concerns about the growing use of AI to monitor ...
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California ponders a fundamental question: Should voting be easier or harder?

A voter receives their ballot at Chico State’s Bell Memorial Union in Chico on June 2, 2026. Photo by Salvador Ochoa for CalMatters Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to ...
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Newsom’s final budget sends more than a billion dollars to University of California, Cal State

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Most California senators supported this ADA lawsuit bill. It died anyway

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Does crowning California’s governor the education czar mean academic results will improve?

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Proposal would allow drivers to trade personal data for potentially lower insurance rates

AB 311 would change California insurance law by allowing drivers to be tracked through telematics, which transmits data to insurers.