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A loophole in California law makes it hard to prosecute threats against schools. Will lawmakers close it?

For over six months, San Diego resident Lee Lor sent hundreds of emails threatening a mass shooting at Shoal Creek Elementary School as replies...

How The State Of California Wasted $1.5 Billion On Failed Tech

CALIFORNIA — While twiddling his thumbs in the powerless office of lieutenant governor 12 years ago, Gavin Newsom wrote a book titled “Citizenville,” touting...

They Tried To Pay Their Overdue Rent. Their Landlord Wouldn’t Accept It

By Felicia Mello, CalMatters Crouching on the sidewalk in front of his apartment building in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood last Monday, Bradford Berger shuffled through...

Californians approved $1.5 billion for wildfire prevention. How will the state spend it?

Go broad or go deep? That’s one of the big questions state lawmakers are debating as they grapple with how to most effectively use...

California lawmakers scramble to fix ‘lemon’ vehicle law — again

For more than half a century, California’s “lemon” law was considered one of the best in the nation at giving consumers the legal right...

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Average US rate on a 30-year mortgage climbs to 6.83%, highest level since late February

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the...

Believers say microdosing psychedelics helps them. Scientists are trying to measure the claims

Microdosing is gaining popularity with a new breed of...

Volunteers get into the swing of it at annual Soboba Charity Golf Tournament

The 13th annual Soboba Foundation & Soboba Casino Resort...

TIME Names Inland Empire’s Andrea Vidaurre One of 2025’s Most Influential People for Environmental Justice Work

Andrea Vidaurre, environmental justice advocate and co-founder of the...