Felicia Mello

Two residents wearing protective gear as they clean out their home from flood damage in the community of Planada on Feb. 8, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

As atmospheric river soaks California, farmworkers await flood aid promised in 2023

November 22, 2024 at 2:04 p.m.

After flood waters from heavy rainstorms deluged two small farmworker towns in January 2023, California set aside $20 million each for the communities to rebuild.

New CA law gives tenants more time to respond to eviction notices

September 26, 2024 at 6:12 a.m.

Tenants in California will have twice as much time to respond to eviction notices and potentially avoid losing their homes under a bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom...

A person does skateboard tricks in Los Angeles. A new study says “disconnected youth” are being left behind. Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Reuters

Disconnected youth: Some young Californians lack work, school options

May 11, 2024 at 6:51 a.m.

A new analysis from the Public Policy Institute of California finds the state’s economy is leaving a significant share of young people behind.

A home for sale in the Sunset district in San Francisco on July 12, 2023. Photo by Semantha Norris, CalMatters

Dream for All: Down payment assistance for first-time California homebuyers relaunches with new lottery

January 19, 2024 at 6:10 a.m.

California will dole out $250 million more in down payment assistance to first-time homebuyers this spring, while making changes to its 1-year-old program aimed at reaching a more diverse group...

After hot labor summer, will Gavin Newsom sign bill giving unemployment benefits to striking workers?

September 25, 2023 at 12:44 p.m.

The weekend. The eight-hour workday. Paid family leave. Those fruits of labor victories are part of everyday life in California. Now the state’s hot labor summer may have helped inspire...

University of California police prepare to arrest students for blocking an intersection during a graduate student strike at UC Santa Cruz in February. Photo by Dan Coyro, Santa Cruz Sentinel

Students push UC to abolish police departments

June 20, 2020 at 6:42 a.m.

Buoyed by the nationwide wave of protests against police brutality and racism, University of California student activists are renewing their push for increased oversight of the university’s police force, with...

Maria Garcia does her Comptia course work from her Antioch home. She is working toward a certificate in cyber security and hopes to one day become a penetration testerâsomeone who hacks into computer systems to find weaknesses in the cybersecurity system. (Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters)

Students worry as California’s online community college confronts offline woes

January 30, 2020 at 6:59 a.m.

It’s quiet in the spare bedroom of Maria Garcia’s cheerful Antioch duplex as she sits down to study on a Friday morning. Her husband has been off working construction since...

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