In summary In the first Trump administration, California passed a “Sanctuary State” law that, with some exceptions, prohibited local law enforcement from automatically transferring people to federal ...

This year’s election cycle brought 10 propositions to California voters. Some will either usher in statewide changes or no changes at all. Some residents were shocked by the rejection of Proposition 6 ...

A hidden food crisis is brewing as we head into the holiday season, say the CEOs and executive directors of food programs up and down the Peninsula.

Kim Johnson, Secretary of the California Department of Health and Human Services at the Covered California kickoff campaign in Los Angeles on Nov. 13, 2024. Photo by Zaydee Sanchez for Good morning, ...

In summary Cal State has a goal to graduate 40% of its freshmen within four years. It now graduates 36% — it’s highest rate ever. On other goals, the system is further behind. California State ...

Former Mountain View Whisman Superintendent Ayindé Rudolph's spending on a work credit card and reimbursement requests have ...

Fifty years ago this month I moved to Sacramento and a few months later, just after Jerry Brown became governor, began covering politics for the long-defunct Sacramento Union newspaper. I have lived ...

Prometheus Real Estate Group is planning to build a mixed-use development that will include hundreds of homes and an office ...

Local journalism protects our democracy. When you donate during our fall membership drive you help amplify voices in your community that would otherwise go unheard. You make it possible for local ...

After some trial and error, Santa Clara County just made it easier to request a non-police response for someone in mental health crisis.

In summary A Garrison Project and CalMatters analysis of the Racial Justice Act found about a dozen successful cases in which judges took action on racial bias in the legal process. When police pulled ...

History will — or at least should — see a $165 billion error in revenue estimates as one of California’s most boneheaded political acts. It happened in 2022, as the state was emerging from the effects ...