CalMatters

Here are the latest numbers from Tuesday's recall election.

The recall election could end up with three very different results for the future of Gov. Gavin Newsom and of politics in California. Here’s how the scenarios could play out.

The search is on to help California farmers find less-thirsty tree crops. But will the experiments come through in time as droughts intensify?

Cyberattacks against community college students are on the rise. Hackers are using fake bot students to target the real ones in online classes.

Researchers have already seen drops in Lake Tahoe’s clarity during the fires. The damage could be temporary, or it could last years. Its extent depends on how much soot is released into its famous blue waters.

Gov. Newsom and Democrats are hoping young Californians turn out in similar numbers to the November 2020 presidential election.

While rumors are rampant about stolen ballots and suspicious holes in voting envelopes, state and local officials say they have put measures in place to keep elections secure.

Some GOP recall candidates say they would use emergency power to pass their agenda, and try to persuade the Democratic Legislature.

California community college students often aim to transfer into a UC or a Cal State, but few actually make the jump — in part because of how complicated it is to do so. A proposed bill aims to make transfers easier, but faces fierce resistance from faculty, the UC and California community college leadership.

COVID-19 burnout is driving many nurses to quit, and hospital administrators say the state’s new vaccine mandate is compounding the shortage, too.

As classes resume, a new state law governing independent study is worsening staff shortages, threatening school budgets and forcing quarantined students to relive last year’s school shutdowns.

While Latinos are a growing share of the electorate, Democrat Gloria Romero, a former State Senate Majority Leader, says her party hasn’t done enough to retain Latino voters