November 26, 2021
California will ban most new gas-powered lawn equipment starting in 2024, but landscapers and gardeners warn the transition will cost them money and jobs.
November 18, 2021
Many Americans with mental illness report waiting weeks for care, even for serious depression or suicidality. Now California has a new law for insurers, limiting those wait times to two weeks or less.
November 17, 2021 | Janelle Salanga
The ban was the first of its kind in the nation. But it was overturned in October on grounds that it could intrude on federal immigration authority.
November 16, 2021
Gov. Newsom says the situation with homeless encampments is unacceptable. The state housing agency is funding more services, while Caltrans is clearing some camps. But advocates are wary.
November 15, 2021
Elaine Howle is stepping down at the end of 2021 after 21 years on the job. Her office has issued audits of a wide range of state agencies, including a series of highly critical reviews of California’s pandemic response and spending.
November 15, 2021 | Scott Rodd
Porter steered Cal Fire through record-setting wildfire seasons driven by decades of poor forest management and climate change.
November 11, 2021 | Nicole Nixon
In the hours before draft maps were approved Wednesday, the public couldn’t even view them.
November 11, 2021
Nearly 14% of all fully vaccinated adults 18 and older across the state have received a booster shot, according to CDC.
November 9, 2021 | Nicole Nixon
After decades of not feeling prioritized by state and federal representatives, community leaders in this booming, urban-rural county are banding together to call for political maps that don’t split the county up.
November 4, 2021 | Scott Rodd
Nearly two dozen Democratic lawmakers voted to pass SB30 out of the state Senate. The legislation would have prohibited the state from hiring companies that worked on the border wall.
