EducationCalifornia universities struggle to graduate Black students. Cultural centers aim to helpMarch 13, 2024While graduation rates for Black students are the lowest in California universities, cultural centers can help address equity issues. Centers for Black students create a safe space to foster community while connecting with academic resources.
Environment‘Simply catastrophic’: California salmon season to be restricted or shut down — againMarch 12, 2024Chinook counts are less dire than last year, but fishery managers are still opting to heavily reduce or ban commercial and recreational fishing this year because “caution is warranted.” The salmon industry is devastated.
State GovernmentCalifornians face higher costs for goods and services than before the pandemic despite inflation slowingMarch 7, 2024The consumer price index shows services are mostly responsible for persistent inflation, but prices for food and other goods in California remain high.
State GovernmentVoting rights: California lawmakers may translate more ballots, help more non-English-speakers to voteMarch 5, 2024Advocates say California’s immigrant citizens who need it should get ballots and voting help in their own language.
State GovernmentWhy California election workers are returning after COVID and conspiracy theoriesMarch 4, 2024They had to get through the pandemic, election denial and suspicious envelopes. While some left, counties now say they’re having better luck recruiting poll workers.
State GovernmentWaiting and sweltering: Why are California’s indoor heat protections for workers five years late?February 22, 2024In March, the state is finally set to approve rules to protect workers from excessive heat indoors. Officials busted a 2019 deadline — a delay that demonstrates California’s byzantine rulemaking process.
State GovernmentU.S. Senate contenders make their final debate argumentsFebruary 21, 2024Democrats Barbara Lee, Katie Porter and Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey face off in their third and final televised debate in the U.S. Senate primary. California voters have two more weeks to turn in their ballots.
State Government10 years after promise, California still hasn’t included undocumented immigrants in cell phone subsidiesFebruary 21, 2024California in 2014 decided undocumented people could qualify for LifeLine, a program that helps low income families afford internet and cell service. A decade later undocumented people still can’t get it.
State GovernmentA bill for every problem? Why California lawmakers introduce longshotsFebruary 16, 2024Faced with a huge budget deficit, legislators are on warning not to expect bills with a high price tag to pass. But that’s not always the goal of introducing bills.
State GovernmentRound two: Garvey, Lee, Porter and Schiff clash at Senate debateFebruary 13, 2024The four top candidates discuss crime, housing, the Gaza war and more in the second televised debate for California’s U.S. Senate seat.
