CalMatters

In Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego, homeless Californians describe their experiences as camping ban enforcement has increased.

In major cities and more rural areas, arrests and citations rose in the months following last summer’s Supreme Court decision. In some places, officials insist the events are unrelated.

Turnitin’s AI detectors are flawed and the company demands forever access to student papers.

The House wants to raise the SALT deduction cap, which would help wealthy Californians pay less in federal taxes. The Senate wants to keep it where it is.

The budget deal between Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature forgoes or delays many of Newsom’s proposed cuts, but the deficit is only likely to grow.

Five years after COVID shut down most California high schools, today’s college students describe a difficult transition to adulthood, marked by fear, loss and a lack of preparation.

A CalMatters investigation found that courts didn’t report hundreds of vehicular manslaughter convictions to the DMV, prompting officials to belatedly take many drivers’ licenses.

CalMatters obtained the search warrant from Sen. Sabrina Cervantes’ DUI investigation. Here’s what it says.

Gov. Gavin Newsom in May announced that he wanted state workers in the office four days a week. One union negotiated a pause on that policy.

Some food trucks, farmers markets and small restaurants are temporarily closed, while others are shielding workers and raising funds to help.

Most Californians today see immigrants as a benefit to the state. What changed in the 31 years since they approved Proposition 187?

President Donald Trump had a legitimate interest in protecting federal employees when he deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles, an appeals court ruled.