CalMatters

Graduate student workers participating in the strike from the UC system have escalated protests to include more acts of civil disobedience.

Lorenzo Mays, who is intellectually disabled, spent years lost in a criminal justice system in California that too often fails people with developmental disabilities and mental illness.

Law enforcement blames low pay and tougher regulations; lawmakers and civil rights advocates disagree.

For women with spouses who have serious medical issues, access to paid family leave reduces the likelihood that they leave work, according to a new study.

This photo essay documents the toll of the fight for workers who have made wage theft claims in California.

Unhoused people often have sporadic or no access to health care, resulting in costly, chronic conditions. A new statewide effort encourages Medi-Cal insurers to partner with street teams to improve care.

A new California Legislature with a record number of women is sworn into office and gets an oil profits penalty plan from Gov. Newsom.

Several dozen companies are competing today for leases to build massive floating wind farms in deep ocean waters off Morro Bay and Humboldt County. The auction is the first major step toward producing offshore wind energy off the West Coast.

Health officials say a key difference between this upcoming winter and the last two is the wider availability of COVID antivirals like Paxlovid. But many infected people aren’t aware of their availability or have difficulty accessing them.

Medi-Cal doctors are screening more patients for adverse childhood experiences, but they aren’t required to report whether those patients receive therapy or other services they may need. Yet getting that help is key to preventing chronic health or mental health conditions later in life, research finds.

Last fall, 1.6% of Cal Poly's freshman applicants were Black; by comparison, about 4% of California's public high school graduates were Black and college-ready in 2021.

The governor threw communities into disarray two weeks ago by withholding $1 billion in homelessness funding for plans he saw as unambitious.