Bay Area
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AI’s housing impact is strong — but highly localized
While more than 40% of listings nationally are seeing price cuts, some AI hubs — particularly San Francisco — continue to prove resilient.
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This embattled consumer agency went 2 years without a director. Newsom finally appointed one
CalMatters’ reporting found the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau hasn’t stopped conflicts prohibited by its own code of conduct.
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A California university is cutting ties with the Border Patrol after student outcry
Following a CalMatters investigation, students and faculty at UC San Diego protested against campus police for collaborating with Border Patrol through a federal grant program. The university will stop participating in the program and aiding patrols, sources and internal documents confirm.
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California needs to preserve clean air and public oversight. Why Prop. 45 must be stopped
California voters must stand up to the corporations that want to dismantle the state’s environmental laws, argues an environmental justice advocate.
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How California voters can reform misused environmental law to boost needed projects
Proposition 45 offers reforms that retain protections under California environmental law and crucially speeds up approvals, an affordable housing advocate argues.
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Is this proposition a $4 billion giveaway to a billionaire-backed LA research center?
Proposition 38 is written in a way that very likely excludes all but one institute in the entire state: the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, whose prominent donor and co-founder is the chief backer of the proposition.
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Two cities burned in LA fires settle YIMBY lawsuit
Malibu and Pasadena ultimately agreed to allow state-decreed multiplex development in single-family neighborhoods after a pro-development legal nonprofit sued. The state, the city of Los Angeles and L.A. County aren’t backing down.
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Tribunal: La política de detención masiva de inmigrantes de Trump contradice 30 años de precedentes
El Tribunal de Apelaciones del Noveno Circuito falló en contra de la política del gobierno de Trump de negar audiencias de fianza a la mayoría de los inmigrantes indocumentados detenidos dentro de los Estados Unidos.
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Universidad de California rompe relaciones con la Patrulla Fronteriza tras protestas estudiantiles
Tras una investigación de CalMatters, estudiantes y profesores de la UC San Diego protestaron contra la policía del campus por colaborar con la Patrulla Fronteriza a través de un programa de subvenciones federales. La universidad dejará de participar en el programa y de prestar ayuda a las patrullas, según confirman fuentes y documentos internos.
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David Valadao lost in the last anti-Trump blue wave. Will farmers help him win this time?
As a dairyman, David Valadao has endeared himself to the agricultural communities, even building cross-party support among Democrats. But with costs soaring and Trump so unpopular, voters might not be as willing to look beyond the “R” beside his name.







