Did California get its money’s worth from $1.7 billion COVID test contract?
By Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra for Cal Matters A patient sample that wasn’t processed for more than 30 days. A test used without…
Read MoreBy Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra for Cal Matters A patient sample that wasn’t processed for more than 30 days. A test used without…
Read MoreIf music’s not your holiday jam, there’s always Jane Austin, magic realism and the Muppets After the last two years, any vision of fun holiday…
After nearly two years of shutdowns, patrons’ generosity and artists’ adaptability staved off disaster By Patti Roberts Local theaters are currently aglow with Christmas productions…
Constituent support of AB 1199 could be critical in breaking Wall Street’s stranglehold on the region’s rental market By Scott Thomas Anderson Last week, housing…
By Rose Vega and Erick Amaya Hilda Rivera immigrated to the United States nearly 32 years ago. She was 19 when she came looking for…
By Sameea Kamal for CalMatters California’s independent redistricting commission is taking a lot of heat for the congressional and legislative maps it’s drawing to beat…
Elimination of four PacifiCorp dams on Klamath River slated to move ahead By Dan Bacher If all goes as planned, the removal of four PacifiCorp…
Newest team at Golden Road’s ‘Pub Midtown’ focuses on brews, bites and year-round game fun By Casey Rafter Holding glasses of beer that glint yellow…
By Holly Calderone Having spent the entire COVID-19 pandemic engaged in hospice social work, I avoided reading plague stories. But a return from New York…
Along Highway 50, a devastated mountain range waits to recover By Ken Magri As we head towards winter, the Caldor Fire that dominated the late…
By Carol Schaye Coyote-killing contests will continue in Nevada after the state’s Wildlife Commission narrowly voted against banning the contests. Proponents say the wildlife-killing contests…
Ashby lays into colleagues for lack of leadership, commitment to listening to the public – until it might be too late For eight years residents…
While many Californians were celebrating October’s powerful storm, fish biologists on the Mokelumne River were not By Dan Bacher The Mokelumne River was seeing an…
By Sameea Kamal for CalMatters What’s it like campaigning for re-election in 2022 when you’re not sure which voters will be in your district? Just…
December 3 show in Sacramento highlights a rare nomad jazz legacy that’s gaining increased recognition By Scott Thomas Anderson It’s the music of mystery. Guitars…
By Scott Thomas Anderson It wasn’t the headline that La Familia Counseling Center was hoping for. Last Tuesday the nonprofit, which provides multicultural counseling, outreach…
Moves behind the scene against Katie Valenzuela are symptomatic of a party resisting its new blood By Waverly Hampton III It is physically impossible to…