Proposed Sac budget guts police oversight, reduces youth services
The City of Sacramento proposes a fiscal year $1.7 billion budget for 2026-27 that affects more than 400 full-time-equivalent positions. The City of Sacramento has…
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Governor YIMBY: In California’s unsettled race, most candidates see eye-to-eye on housing
By Ben Christopher, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Earlier this year, in the windowless conference room of…
California voters are about to elect a new state superintendent. It’s barely on the radar
By Carolyn Jones, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The primary for the state’s top K-12 schools job…
Essay: A handful of soil, a lifetime of lessons
By Paul Muller The economic pressures crushing farms today are also reshaping rural communities and the future of food Way back in 1981 or so,…
Societal collapse: The new ‘Lord of the Flies’ miniseries is a masterpiece, offering deeper looks at the main characters
The 1963 film adaptation of William Golding’s literary classic (and middle-school English-class staple) Lord of the Flies, by director Peter Brook, is a masterpiece. It’s one…
Stronger Together
How a regional agency helps older adults secure housing by Dorsey Griffith Economies of scale can make a significant difference in providing services for older…
California colleges went big on online learning tools. Then the worst happened
By Colin Lecher and Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Esther Mejia and Kelly Merchant had…
A look at the top candidates vying to be California’s controller
By Marisa Kendall, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In the race for oversight over California’s budget, the…
“Espejos: Clean” holds a mirror up to two souls struggling with their pasts and presents, with hopes for the future
Ocean waves, clinking margarita glasses, and dance music are the soundtrack for guests at a private Cancún resort. The mostly Caucasian visitors feel like they are having an authentic cultural experience behind high stone walls that…
CalMatters 2026 Voter Guide
In California’s June 2 primary, you can vote for any candidate from any party. The top two candidates move on to the November election, when…
Navigating the Medicare Maze
Health insurance agency helps seniors make sense of benefits and costs by Dorsey Griffith When it comes to Medicare enrollment and annual adjustments of coverage,…
They answer the call for Californians in mental distress. The money is running out
By Ana B. Ibarra, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. On an early spring evening in Glendale, a…
The race for Supervisor in District One
Four candidates vie for a less-than-famous Sacramento County seat Deborah Ortiz put it best when saying that most Sacramentans concentrate on what the city council…
In California Governor Race, Single-Payer Is a Litmus Test. There’s Still No Way To Pay for It.
By Christine Mai-Duc May 8, 2026 When Gavin Newsom ran for California governor in 2018, his support for a state-run single-payer healthcare system was considered…
California lawmaker proposes fix to blunt loss of food and health aid
As Trump-backed law threatens Medicaid and SNAP eligibility for millions, a proposed change to state data collection aims to preserve coverage. By Mark Kreidler, Capital…
Protecting Seniors’ Legal Rights
Yuba Sutter Legal Center offers free services and support for older adults by Stacy Brandt Legal topics such as eviction, advanced directives and restraining orders…
Malcolm’s back! ‘Life’s Still Unfair’ captures some, but not all, of the original’s greatness
If I need to turn my brain off and decompress, streaming old episodes of Malcolm in the Middle is a great option. (Another great option is sticking…
Bad building: Zazie Beetz proves she’s great at bloody action in ‘They Will Kill You’
Zazie Beetz (Atlanta and Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die) gets to go full-on Uma/The Bride in They Will Kill You, the English-language debut of Russian director Kirill…
Bad pasts: Robert Pattinson and Zendaya are a fantastic onscreen couple—who will make you very uncomfortable in ‘The Drama’
Wedding-week jitters of the worst and most nuclear kind are at the center of The Drama, a darkly funny and unhappy movie in which Zendaya and…
Gavin Newsom, Early Champion of Single-Payer, Moderates in the Face of Fiscal Limits
By Angela Hart May 1, 2026 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In his earliest days in the governor’s office, Democrat Gavin Newsom huddled with his advisers to…