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Gil Barel moves the blinds up to let in more light into her living room in Pasadena on Aug. 2, 2026. Barel is currently not living in her apartment because of the Eaton Fire of January 2025.

Gil Barel moves the blinds up to let in more light into her living room in Pasadena on Aug. 2, 2026. Barel is currently not living in her apartment because of the Eaton Fire of January 2025.

Why insurance matters to renters, landlords and California

August 6, 2026

A Flock Safety automatic license plate reader camera is attached to a pole along Olive Avenue in Fresno on Feb. 19, 2026.

A Flock Safety automatic license plate reader camera is attached to a pole along Olive Avenue in Fresno on Feb. 19, 2026.

‘Don’t Flock me’: California, US lawmakers debate license plate reader technology

August 6, 2026

Jessica Scott, 35, and her pitbull Baby Girl inside their new apartment in Sacramento on July 1, 2026.

Jessica Scott, 35, and her pitbull Baby Girl inside their new apartment in Sacramento on July 1, 2026.

Therapy in a tent: The health care many homeless Californians need but aren’t getting

August 3, 2026

Joy Chen, executive director of Every Fire Survivor's Network, announces the organization has joined a national advocacy coalition with Public Citizen, the NAACP and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network.

Joy Chen, executive director of Every Fire Survivor's Network, announces the organization has joined a national advocacy coalition with Public Citizen, the NAACP and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network.

LA fire survivors say Newsom is trying to help utilities reduce their wildfire costs again

July 31, 2026

A new review of the SAT at University of California is coming by June 2027

July 16, 2026

An instructor teaches students about air brake releases at Dolphin Trucking School in the city of Vernon on March 11, 2024.

An instructor teaches students about air brake releases at Dolphin Trucking School in the city of Vernon on March 11, 2024.

These California trucking schools broke state laws — regulators couldn’t do anything about it

July 4, 2026

GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove.

GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove.

Chemical that caused Garden Grove evacuations is stored all over California

June 25, 2026

Medi-Cal cards.

Medi-Cal cards.

California is getting ready to increase a health insurance tax — will it affect your premium?

June 22, 2026

Tax on billionaires qualifies for November ballot — 5 things to know about the measure

June 19, 2026

Homelessness is down in California and across the country, says new federal report

June 10, 2026

Student Vanessa Menera, 18, in the Innovation and Instruction Building at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson on Feb. 19, 2026.

Student Vanessa Menera, 18, in the Innovation and Instruction Building at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson on Feb. 19, 2026.

How one Cal State campus is trying to break out of a doom loop of declining enrollment

June 9, 2026

Lawmakers stripped the Board of Equalization of power. Now they’re fighting to join it

June 5, 2026