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No need to apply: Cal State is automatically admitting high school students with good grades

More than 17,400 high school seniors last fall got the sweetest news any anxious student can get: Congratulations, because of your high school GPA,...

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...

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GRANDfathers for Golf Seeks Volunteers to Give Kids a Chance to Learn the Game

There are children waiting to learn golf—but not enough...

Hemet council appoints Ernie Reyna city manager

Hemet’s city council on Tuesday appointed Ernest N. “Ernie”...

Hemet police cite 28 drivers in distracted-driving operation

The Hemet Police Department cited 28 drivers Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in a distracted-driving operation from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Twelve citations were for hands-free cell phone violations and 16 for dangerous driving behaviors.
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