How this author joined the crews fighting California’s wildfires
This week, we are jumping into the fire with Kelly Ramsey. Her new book, “Wildfire Days: A Woman, A Hotshot Crew, and The Burning American…
Seeking solace, and finding hard truths, on California’s Highway 395
As we drove north along Highway 395 — passing the salty remains of Owens Lake, the Museum of Western Film History, the geothermal plant outside…
Is there a right way to teach kids to read? Inside California’s phonics push
To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California.During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners…
California’s budget deficit is back, Gov. Jerry Brown says
Reporting from Sacramento — Less than four years after declaring California’s budget balanced for the foreseeable future, Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday said the state is projected…
Senate votes to overturn California’s ban on new gas-only car sales
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate defied congressional norms and voted Wednesday to revoke California’s progressive vehicle emission standards that would’ve effectively banned the sale of new…
Why you should visit California’s largest city park right now
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California’s best motels to check out this summer
California invented the motel. More specifically: As automobile ownership skyrocketed in the 1920s and entrepreneurs rushed to open tourist camps and motor courts to house…
Attacks on LGBTQ+ rights at forefront of California’s governor’s race
PALM SPRINGS — In a ballroom packed with more than 1,000 people raising money for LGBTQ+ youths, veteran California legislative leader Toni Atkins didn’t mince words: To…
How Rob Pyers went from laid-off drugstore employee to one of California’s campaign finance experts
On an afternoon in mid-December, Rob Pyers notices something amiss. It’s months after the grueling 2016 election, a quiet time when consultants and candidates are…
Life after California’s death row: Condemned inmates get second chance
SAN FRANCISCO — By age 46, Bob Williams had spent more than half his life in isolation, waiting to die on San Quentin’s death row. Williams was…
Contributor: Take it from California’s election czar, the SAVE Act is a sham
In my family, voting isn’t just a right — it’s a lifeline.My parents were sharecroppers in Arkansas until 1951, when my dad dared stand up…
Fate of California’s auto standards will come down to Senate battle
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives took a trio of votes this week targeting California’s decades-old authority to enforce its own environmental standards, setting the stage for…
California’s legal challenges to Trump are just getting started
WASHINGTON — California is already leading the way in lawsuits against the Trump administration since the president resumed office in January, taking the White House to court…
Online charter schools skirt California’s childhood vaccine laws
Heartland Charter School in Kern County has several dream field trips on the calendar this spring, including tours of In-N-Out Burger, an Amtrak train ride…
RFK Jr. announces a plan to ban certain food dyes, following California’s lead
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, on Tuesday announced a plan to ban synthetic food dyes that color everyday snack…
California’s historic overhaul of cash bail is now on hold, pending a 2020 referendum
Reporting from Sacramento — A landmark law to abolish California’s money bail system has been put on hold until voters decide its fate in November 2020 after…
Contributor: Small nuclear reactors are no fix for California’s energy needs
It might seem like everyone from venture capitalists to the news media to the U.S. secretary of Energy has been hyping small modular reactors as…
California’s first partner has a plan to fix the epidemic of violence against women
If you’re a woman in America, your chances of leading a life free of sexual violence aren’t good. One in 5 American women will be…
How California’s marijuana laws paved the way in the U.S.
PHOENIX — The horrific ride to the top of the San Francisco skyscraper is still seared in Paul Scott’s memory a quarter-century later.On a sales call for…
Inside California’s legal fight to stop Trump
Michael Newman, head of the civil rights enforcement section in California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta’s office, was exhausted.Newman and his legal team had just worked…