Why a contentious project to raise California’s Shasta Dam could move forward under Trump
Near the southern flank of Mount Shasta, springs and snowmelt converge to form the McCloud River. This Sacramento River tributary, held sacred by the...
Southern California university to provide tuition, living stipends to entice more teachers
Aiming to ease a critical teacher shortage, UC Riverside has launched a new residency program in partnership with the San Bernardino City Unified School District that fully covers...
Life after California’s death row: What happens when condemned inmates get a second chance
By age 46, Bob Williams had spent more than half his life in isolation, waiting to die on San Quentin’s death row.
Williams was 18...
How California Sanctuary Policies Are Faring Under Pressure From Trump
In 1971, Berkeley, Calif., became the first place in the nation to deem itself a sanctuary city, at the time to provide refuge for...
California overtakes Japan to become world’s fourth-largest economy. But tariffs pose threat
If California was its own country, its economy would now rank as the fourth-largest of any nation in the globe, Gov. Gavin Newsom said...
