Adria Watson

Adria is a junior at Sacramento State University where she is majoring in journalism. She has written and served as co-news editor for The State Hornet and freelanced for The Sacramento Bee. She comes to us through the Emma Bowen Foundation summer internship program, which CALmatters participates in.

Assembly member Shirley weber gives a press conference after the passing of her bill AB 392, which would limit the use of 'deadly force' by police, on July 8, 2019. (Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters)

What happens after George Floyd? California looks to reparations

June 2, 2020 at 11:12 a.m.

Assemblywoman Shirley Weber’s AB 3121 would establish a reparations committee to educate Californians about slavery and recommend ways the state can help remedy generations of inequality and discrimination.

Amanda Reyes helps her kids Claudio, 13, and Evangelyn, 9, with their school work. Photo courtesy of Amanda Reyes

A new reality for student parents: Teaching their children’s classes while taking their own

May 1, 2020 at 6:39 a.m.

As both K-12 schools and colleges move to remote learning because of the coronavirus, many families now have more than one generation homeschooling under the same roof. Advocates for students...

Californians have subsidized Hollywood for a decade. Has it been worth it?

January 21, 2020 at 6:01 a.m.

When Oscar night rolls around, Californians rooting for “Once Upon A Time…in Hollywood,” “Marriage Story,” or “Ford v Ferrari” will be able to thank themselves as well as the Academy....

A firefighter carries hose line past a home destroyed by the Getty fire on Tigertail Road in Brentwood on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

7 affordable ways to protect your home from wildfires

November 14, 2019 at 8:30 a.m.

As wildfires become more frequent and ferocious, state officials recommend that homeowners do more to harden property in high-risk areas. Fireproofing can be pricey, but some solutions are no more...

How California’s domestic violence survivors could be given a moment to ‘exhale’

August 9, 2019 at 6:28 a.m.

SACRAMENTO — In 2016, when Susan Rubio was on the Baldwin Park City Council, she famously accused her then-husband, Assemblyman Roger Hernandez, of domestic violence. He had been beating her, she...

Sen. Susan Rubio thanks public safety officers at a National Night Out event in Rosemead on August 6, 2019. (Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters)

How California’s domestic violence survivors could be given a moment to ‘exhale’

August 8, 2019 at 11:15 a.m.

Susan Rubio, whose domestic violence allegations against her ex made headlines and cost him a seat in the Assembly, is a senator now. And she has a bill.

Bettye Jean Ford holds the tiny urn containing the ashes of her first child Kally, June 21, 2019. Complications Ford says she wasn’t warned of resulted in a birth so premature that the child died within hours. (Photo by Iris Schneider for CalMatters)

A black mother told not to scream in labor asks: Can California fix racism in maternity care?

July 11, 2019 at 9:06 a.m.

Statewide as well as nationally, black women are substantially more likely than white women to suffer life-threatening complications during pregnancy, give birth prematurely, die in childbirth and lose their babies.

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