Pandemic widened California’s ‘achievement gap’
CALmatters is a Sacramento-based nonpartisan, nonprofit journalism venture committed to explaining how California's state Capitol works and why it matters. It works with more than 130 media partners throughout the state that have long, deep relationships with their local audiences, including Embarcadero Media (publisher of the Palo Alto Weekly, Mountain View Voice, Pleasanton Weekly and The Almanac in Menlo Park and their websites.)
Here are the most recent stories reported by CALmatters' team of journalists:
Why University of California workers striking for better pay deserve it
University of California graduate students and workers who are on strike often face financial burdens that diminish the state's higher education system. They deserve a living wage.
Fri, Dec 2, 2022 5:35 am
California’s wildest housing story of 2022: Mountain lions versus duplexes
In the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast," CalMatters' Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon pick California's wildest housing story of 2022: How a California town almost used mountain lions to sidestep a new housing law.
Fri, Dec 2, 2022 5:30 am
Ongoing University of California strike hurts both students and the picketing workers
Fulfilling the demands from striking University of California workers could have negative long-term consequences for students and the employees on the picket line.
Fri, Dec 2, 2022 5:30 am
A top prison expert on the California ‘disaster’ and how to salvage it
The state’s prisons are no longer a world rehabilitation model, but Stockholm Prize winner Francis Cullen says the system could return to greatness.
Fri, Dec 2, 2022 5:25 am
A changing of the guard in Sacramento
Three days before California’s new state Legislature is set to be sworn into office — and to convene a special session focused on oil industry profits — it’s still not clear who will occupy two of the seats. As of Thursday evening, Democrat Christy Holstege and Republican Greg Wallis each had 50% of the vote […]
Fri, Dec 2, 2022 5:00 am
By the numbers: California’s mild 2022 wildfire season
Moderate weather and well-timed rainstorms in much of California combined to curb the acreage and structures burned.
Thu, Dec 1, 2022 5:25 am
As storm hits California, what about drought, wildfires?
Many Californians will wake up this morning to a relatively rare phenomenon: Rain. Today, the freezing-cold temperatures and high-powered winds that have gripped much of the state this week are set to give way to a good old-fashioned winter storm: Both Northern and Southern California are expecting rain, strong winds and heavy mountain snow, with […]
Thu, Dec 1, 2022 5:00 am
How forest thinning waste could fund California wildfire prevention
Forest treatment projects produce biomass waste that could be converted into valuable commodities that help pay for wildfire prevention efforts across California.
Wed, Nov 30, 2022 5:35 am
California voters wanted stronger pork laws. The Supreme Court should respect that
A 2018 California law creating strict pork regulations is justified given the public health threat to humans and the various types of harm pigs suffer under severe confinement.
Wed, Nov 30, 2022 5:30 amStay informed.
Get the day's top headlines from Mountain View Online sent to your inbox in the Express newsletter.
