CCalifornia Read More Another place where Newsom and Trump differ: Making MLK Day free to enter parksJanuary 16, 2026 Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that California State Parks will be free to enter on the Martin Luther King…
CCalifornia Read More Trump administration escalates investigations into transgender athlete participation in CaliforniaJanuary 16, 2026 Federal officials have launched an investigation into the California Community Colleges Athletic Assn. and four other state colleges…
CCalifornia Read More California Storms Bring Snow and Water Relief and End of Farm Bill EraJanuary 16, 2026 California Storms Bring Snow and Water Relief and End of Farm Bill Era From the Ag Information Network,…
OOakland Read More This New Waterfront High Rise Plan Comes With a Homeless TwistJanuary 15, 2026 As 2025 ended, San Francisco housing boosters had little time to savor the December approval of the city’s…
CCalifornia Read More California, L.A. brace for Trump’s new threats to cut funds over immigration stanceJanuary 14, 2026 WASHINGTON — State and local officials are once again on the defensive after President Trump renewed threats Wednesday to strike…
LLos Angeles Read More Los Angeles debates controversial ‘Zone Zero’ policy in the wake of the 2025 wildfiresJanuary 13, 2026 After the Eaton and Palisades fires destroyed thousands of homes in Los Angeles County, residents are debating whether…
CCalifornia Read More Doug LaMalfa leaves a legacy in Northern CaliforniaJanuary 11, 2026 With the death of longtime Congressman Doug LaMalfa, Northern California lost a major champion for farmers and others…
LLos Angeles Read More Why rebuilding in LA has been so slow after the Palisades and Eaton firesJanuary 9, 2026 The Associated Press this week reported a stunning fact: Of the 13,000 homes destroyed a year ago in…
SSan Jose Read More San Jose mayor opposes billionaire tax ideaJanuary 8, 2026 SAN JOSE MAYOR MATT MAHAN has come out against a controversial proposal to create a “billionaire tax” in…
SSan Francisco Read More What’s Taking So Long to Fix How SF Finds Housing For Homeless PeopleJanuary 7, 2026 [This is a two-part series. For part 1, click here.] Soon after arriving in San Francisco from Honduras…
CCalifornia Read More Paused: A California court order to let teachers to tell parents about child’s LGBTQ identityJanuary 6, 2026 A court order giving California teachers full freedom to tell parents about their child’s gender identity at school…
SSan Francisco Read More SF Pledged in 2022 to Fix How It Houses the Homeless. It’s Still Not DoneJanuary 5, 2026 The magnitude of San Francisco’s homelessness problem — more than 8,300 unhoused people based on the most recent…