CalMatters

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

Los latinos son el grupo étnico más grande de California siendo 39% de la población, y una proporción creciente del electorado en aproximadamente el 28% de los votantes registrados.

California Department of Public Health officials say they cannot fix their mistake, amid cries the licensing system for nursing homes is “broken and ineffective.”

Just 46 candidates filed all the paperwork necessary by the July 16 deadline to run to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in the Sept. 14 recall. And one has dropped out. Here's a quick look.

New campaign finance reports reveal California recall spending: Kevin Faulconer has the most cash, Caitlyn Jenner is in debt and John Cox paid a consultant to suggest a bear.

California’s vaccination mandate for medical workers is the toughest in the nation. In addition, visitors at hospitals and other medical facilities must be vaccinated or test negative for COVID-19 beginning Wednesday.

Undocumented families, aging homes, high unemployment: The root causes for a cluster of evictions in this Southern California blue-collar port city.

The author of a plan that would have kept tuition rising has changed their tune, and hopes students will speak out.

California enacted a law to remove guns from people deemed too dangerous to be armed. But the measure, plagued by problems, has not achieved its promise. The LAPD is one of the few departments to set up confiscation programs.