911 debacle is California’s latest failed tech adoption
By Dan Walters, CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Six years…
Audit calls for stricter narcotics oversight after San Jose firefighter’s drug thefts
AÂ CITY AUDIT is recommending the San Jose Fire Department strengthen its drug tracking and inventory security after painkiller…
California sees revenue uptick, but not enough to erase its chronic budget deficit | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
In the four months since the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted a new state budget, revenues –…
Where’s Weir? Questions rise over Ward 3 representation
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — I’m Madi Vollmer, here in Ward 3 at the Bluffs — and if you…
Napa County encrypts police radios, cutting public scanner access and fueling debate over secrecy
When Napa County’s police radio traffic went dark Sept. 1, residents lost a decades-old window into law-enforcement activity…
FAA funding problems hit airports in California, elsewhere | California
(The Center Square) – As Christine Finch helped her father, Graham Finch, gather his luggage at the San…
San Diego’s top ten paid city employees earned over $375K each in 2024 | California
(The Center Square) – More than 200 employees of the City of San Diego made in excess of…
San Jose audit reveals homeless programs plagued by poor oversight and accountability
SAN JOSE’S HOMELESS OUTREACH EFFORTS have been more concerned about volume than outcomes, and there is little accountability…
Erie Canal contrasts with public works pace in California
By Dan Walters, CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This week…
California’s deadly failure on drunk driving
By Robert Lewis and Lauren Hepler, CalMatters The Victims of Drunk Drivers Memorial at Pacific View Mortuary and…
California’s failure to stop drunk driving leads to death
By Robert Lewis and Lauren Hepler, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their…
Berkeley City Council OK’s plan to close police radio traffic to public
Berkeley police will soon encrypt all its radio communications, in part, they say, to protect officers responding to…