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State government treats community organizations like temporary vendors, not long-term partners needing steady funding and a place at the table, a nonprofit consultant says.

After a 144-year-old newspaper war, a bankruptcy and the internet gobbling its ad revenue, the Sacramento Bee is deeply cutting its staff, its owners announced.

The California Legislature’s secretive earmark process allows lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom to dole out money for projects with little public scrutiny or notice, raising transparency and equity concerns even among some lawmakers.

Lawmakers this year allocated $400,000 to a mime troupe in San Francisco, $250,000 to a San Luis Obispo nonprofit advocating for beavers and $500,000 to a nonprofit benefitting Los Angeles youth interested in filmmaking. It’s all part of an opaque budgeting process, known as pork-barrel spending, that’s shielded from public scrutiny, writes CalMatters’ Yue Stella…

A tan solo siete semanas de las elecciones de noviembre, la Corte Suprema está sopesando el plan del presidente Trump para limitar el voto universal por correo. Las autoridades de California instan a la población a votar anticipadamente.

Más de 560 personas siguen condenadas a muerte en California, a pesar de la moratoria sobre las ejecuciones que lleva vigente desde hace tiempo.

The resignation of Anthropic researcher over his concerns about artificial intelligence companies “gambling with our lives” led to a discussion about the technology’s risk at California’s largest pension fund.

Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision shooting down President Trump’s proposal to restrict mail-in voting just before the November midterm election.

National research shows emergency room visits connected to self-harm climbed through 2021, and the numbers remain elevated above pandemic-levels in California even as other indicators of mental distress have declined.

Nearly 25,000 Californians could get switched to a cheaper drug next year — unless their doctor objects.