The LA County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is
Californians live in the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, they often leave destruction.
He wants to make California Republicans relevant again. So why does the GOP dislike him?
Carl DeMaio aims to revive California's Republican Party with a bold, combative style, promising to challenge Democrats and ...
This would be ‘devastating’: California sues to stop Trump’s chaos-inducing funding freeze
Following a Monday executive order from President Donald Trump that seeks to freeze all federal aid, California officials ...
What California can learn from Texas on rebuilding after a natural disaster
An Assembly bill by John Harabedian aims to speed up housing recovery after the LA fires through a state-led task force.
Trump wants to break California’s sanctuary state law: 5 things to know
One of President Trump's first executive orders threatened to withhold federal funding from so-called sanctuary states and ...
Federal funding freeze prompts chaos, confusion, lawsuits
A wide-ranging but vague order prompted California and nearly two dozen other states to sue President Donald Trump’s administration.
One reason your power bill is high: Baked-in profits that critics call excessive
Public utilities can collect hundreds of millions of dollars in profits directly through fees on electric bills. Critics say it's excessive ...
Activists whose videos accused Planned Parenthood of selling fetal remains plead to felony
Abortion activist David Daleiden pleaded no contest to a California felony charge stemming from his secret recordings of Planned Parenthood officials.
The cost of private colleges is high, yet many low-income students still choose them
Even after financial aid, low-income students often pay $20,000 a year or more to attend California’s private colleges.
Emewodesh Eshete
Emewodesh is a fellow with the CalMatters College Journalism Network. She’s an LA native and an undergraduate student at the University of California, Berkeley. She has been reporting for her school ...
Opinion
Southern California wildfires could be a double whammy for the state’s shaky budget
The proposed budget is already scrap paper because the wildfires that scorched LA will clobber tax revenues and impose massive new burdens.
Why Trump’s conditions on LA fire aid put California Republicans in a tough spot
Do they fight for unconditional fight for wildfire victims in their home state? Or fall in line behind President Trump?