California budget cuts vital online resources for school libraries
By Carolyn Jones, CalMatters Students in a sixth-grade class read at Stege Elementary School in Richmond, on Feb.…
Why some people are quitting jobs to work in a graying fishing fleet
By Deborah Brennan, CalMatters Right to left, fisherman Shane Volberding and deckhand Destiny Louise Silva look off into…
Texas is about to dethrone California as America’s biggest car market, and the pickup is what’s dragging it there, except it breaks the cliché: Texans buy mainstream trucks for real work, while California turns out to be the market chasing luxury badges and leases
KeysQuestions4Vehicles2 Texas is quietly pulling off the biggest market power shift in American auto history, and the industry…
From Phone-Free Schools to Higher Wages: New California Laws Taking Effect July 1, 2026
A host of new laws will take effect July 1 in California, bringing changes to classrooms, workplaces, public…
Opinion | California stopped requiring the SAT. Now students struggle with fractions.
Mina Aganagic is a professor of mathematics and physics at the University of California at Berkeley. The University…
Tesla Driven by Elderly Woman Strikes, Kills Pedestrian Before Crashing Into California Restaurant
A quiet Monday afternoon in Simi Valley turned tragic when a Tesla veered off the road near a…
Newsom signs $351.7B California budget deal. Here’s what it does
Gov. Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers approved a $351.7 billion state budget Monday – the last one Newsom will…
Walters: Academic turf war between California colleges underscores need for new higher education plan
When the Legislature passed the Master Plan for Higher Education in 1960, it envisioned a seamless, three-level system that would…
California State Agencies Get 50% Off Anthropic Claude Under New Partnership
California has signed a first-of-its-kind agreement with Anthropic that gives state agencies, cities, and counties access to its…
California dominates in new national college ranking — and future students will want to take notes
California is once again proving it’s one of the country’s top destinations for higher education after four Golden…
Anthropic to provide California government with AI tools
Anthropic has partnered with California to provide state government agencies a discount on its AI tools such as…
America’s Fastest-Growing EV State Isn’t California—Not by a Long Shot
The market for electric vehicles in the US is not so much in a downturn (though it is)…