Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a press conference at a Home Depot in San Jose to sign retail crime legislation on Aug. 16, 2024. Photo by Florence Middleton, Gov. Gavin Newsom has until midnight tonight to ...
In summary CalMatters’s visited high schools and colleges in Stockton, Sacramento, and Fresno, to dig into ballot propositions with students. As CalMatters’s election coverage hits TikToks and Reels ...
In summary A bill vetoed by the governor would have increased the number of classes part-time community college faculty can teach at a single campus. Part-timers often have to commute between multiple ...
In summary More than 50 California hospitals stopped delivering babies in the past decade, limiting maternity care options in both rural and urban communities. In the face of rapidly disappearing ...
In summary In vitro fertilization treatments often cost tens of thousands of dollars, making them too expensive for families whose insurance won’t cover them. Having a baby via in vitro fertilization ...
In summary The legislation would have required tech companies to test AI for harm to society. It attracted opposition from numerous members of Congress and major AI companies including Google, Meta, ...
In summary Four Democrats running for governor in 2026 answer questions before the National Union of Healthcare Workers, even before California voters have their November 2024 ballots. If the early ...
The Palo Alto Baylands are generally a welcoming place in the fall, when avian migrants like the northern shoveler and the lesser yellowlegs come to town and the cliff swallows that have been here ...
In summary Certain synthetic food dyes are linked to behavioral issues in kids. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law to ban them in school snacks by 2028. Many brightly colored kids’ snacks and beverages ...
In summary Folic acid is so important to infant health that it’s required to be added to cereal and bread. A new California law ensures it’ll be in tortillas. Most tortillas and corn masa products ...
In summary Gov. Newsom in vetoing regulations for pharmacy benefit managers and hedge funds in health said his administration is working to protect consumers in different ways. More than two dozen ...
In summary Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a controversial gambling bill that could lead to cuts to city budgets now that he’s given legal authority to tribes to sue their competitors in the gambling ...