As academic researchers continue to explore what happened to public education during and after the COVID19 pandemic, they are confirming the harsh reality of decline in such basic skills as reading ...

In summary Outreach workers in the Bay Area city of Fremont worry the new ordinance could target them, despite assurances from the city. The Fremont City Council gave final approval this week to an ...

A year after graduating high school, Redwood City resident Jonathan Maldonado has opened his first food truck. “It was never easy to find a hibachi place around the area, especially one open late,” ...

CalMatters series documenting long waits and low payouts for workers who claim their employers have shorted them on wages, California lawmakers have now proposed bills to try to ease the backlogs. ...

Mobile home residents don’t know when or if they will be able to rebuild their homes. Local, state, and federal decisions ...

The latest in Kepler's Books "Story is the Thing" reading series on Feb. 12 features authors Rita Billwinkel, Yangsze Choo, Anita Felicelli and Cary Groner reading from their books.

An aerial view of the Palisades Fire devastation at the Palisades Bowl Mobile Home Park on Feb. 8, 2025. Photo by Ted Soqui, SIPA USA via Reuters The Palisades Fire that ignited in January and killed ...

California has the nation’s largest population of undocumented immigrants with roughly 1.8 million people. Over the last three decades, Californians’ attitudes about that fact have undergone an ...

In summary Democratic attorneys general have different views on whether the U.S. is in a constitutional crisis during the new Trump administration. California Attorney General Rob Bonta sees a ...

After saying it would run out of funds by March, California’s last-resort fire insurance provider will impose a special charge of $1 billion on homeowners and insurance companies, the first such move ...

A unique database that enables people to compare standardized test scores among nearly all districts and states found that ...

In summary A key part of California’s Proposition 36 promised to direct people convicted of certain drug crimes to treatment.