Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore hundreds of UCLA research grants
The administration terminated the grants over alleged DEI violations. University of California attorneys argued the suspensions were arbitrary and capricious.
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California sues after Trump demands access to sensitive data about food stamp recipients
California, 18 other Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C. are suing the Trump administration to halt the U.S. Department of Agriculture from collecting sensitive information about people who receive federal food vouchers, known...
Lawmakers and Newsom are billions apart on cuts to health care, education and more
While Newsom wants to slash health care services for low-income Californians, reduce funding to public universities and provide no funding to tackle homelessness, Democratic lawmakers proposed softer changes, at times...
Another casualty of Trump research cuts? California students who want to be scientists
This spring, the National Institutes of Health quietly began terminating programs at scores of colleges that prepared promising undergraduate and graduate students for doctoral degrees in the sciences.
Fewer California high school seniors are applying for financial aid. Some blame Trump’s immigration policies
Fewer California high school seniors are completing federal financial aid applications than in past years, which some analysts say is a sign that students may fear the Trump administration will...
Cal State increases its graduation rates but falls short of its ambitious goals
California State University is only partially meeting its bold plan to graduate 40% of its students who started as freshmen by the end of four years. In newly released data this...
Cal State campuses brace for ‘severe consequences’ as budget gap looms
Cal State officials are projecting a 2025-26 budget hole of about $400 million to $800 million. They are warning of layoffs and academic cuts.
UC approves new less-lethal arms for its police force amid protest
Minutes after a UC regents committee began debating the purchase of additional less-lethal weapons and ammunition this afternoon, pro-Palestinian students in the UCLA meeting room drowned them out.
UC student workers expand strike to two more campuses as they demand amnesty for protestors
Nearly a third of the academic and graduate student workers of the University of California are on strike, after the union of 48,000 employees escalated its labor standoff by walking...
Disconnected youth: Some young Californians lack work, school options
A new analysis from the Public Policy Institute of California finds the state’s economy is leaving a significant share of young people behind.
