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The more students turn to chatbots, the fewer chances they have to develop real-life relationships that can lead to jobs and later success. -
The California Department of Motor Vehicles has collected more than $8 million from about 5,000 car sales since 2016. -
California and other states and counties are using a legal strategy that took down Big Tobacco, hoping to make fossil fuel companies pay for damage they have long denied. But many obstacles remain. -
California dedicated $100 to manufacturing insulin for diabetic residents. That effort is taking longer than Gov. Gavin Newsom's initial timeline. -
The governor has proposed spending climate bond money dedicated to wildfire mitigation in various ways. -
Almost 15 million Californians have health care coverage through Medi-Cal, a program that stands to lose billions of dollars if Republicans follow through on proposed cuts. -
Many schools have tried — and failed — to secure state grants to build more student housing. -
The Inland Empire is falling behind in educating students for well-paid, professional jobs, limiting the economic prospects of the region’s youngest inhabitants. -
One shelter resident says people have more rights in a jail than in a homeless shelter. And internal records show the vast majority of residents stay homeless — and the shelters are often a mess. -
A passel of recent California laws were supposed to supercharge the construction of desperately needed housing. According to YIMBY Law, they haven’t even come close.
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