Those of certain age might remember the once-popular parlor game called musical chairs. A row of chairs would be set out and players — always one...
There’s nothing new about political jousting over shares of a limited but valuable resource. For instance, Californians have been squabbling for decades over divvying up water...
The California Legislature will reconvene Monday for what may be its most unusual session in the state’s 170-year history. Even the manner of its first meeting...
Heaven’s Gate – also known as the “UFO cult” – burst into American consciousness on March 26, 1997 when law enforcement discovered 39 decomposing bodies in a...
It is remarkable — even amazing — that as Democrat Joe Biden rang up a nearly 2-to-1 victory over Republican President Donald Trump in California this...
California led the nation earlier this year with the country’s first gas-powered vehicle phase-out, but the state’s air regulators aren’t stopping there. An overlooked directive during...
An alternative view of California’s public school system is that it is a huge industry with six million customers who spend more than $100 billion a...
California’s housing costs have been rising for decades, making buying a home a dream very few families can afford. The California State Auditor’s scathing report about the $2.7...
In real life politics, as opposed to the textbook variety, hard fact is much less important than image or, as political pros put it, “optics.” We...
By Robert Dugan and Jeff Harris, Special to CalMatters The uncontrolled wildfires that raged across California this year devastated lives, homes, forests and entire watersheds. We set...
