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New heat rules limit when utilities can cut off your power
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (798+ words) “CalMatters is always there for me when I have a question about things that impact us in California..” —CalMatters member Petra of San Jose As heat waves become more intense and last longer due to climate change, setting rules around…...
California rejected utilities' heat shutoff plan
2+ hour, 51+ min ago (1081+ words) “CalMatters is always there for me when I have a question about things that impact us in California..” —CalMatters member Petra of San Jose California bars utilities from cutting off power to customers who fall behind on their bills when…...
Data centers are guzzling California’s water. We have no idea how much.
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (1004+ words) Join us at the CalMatters Ideas Festival on May 21. 💡 Get your tickets now. Data center builders don’t tell the public how much water they use, according to a new report — and the industry is encroaching into water-stressed and vulnerable communities....
For asylum seekers, the path to higher education in California is costly
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1436+ words) Join us at the CalMatters Ideas Festival on May 21. 💡 Get your tickets now. Asylum seekers going to college in California can pay much higher nonresident tuition and are often excluded from financial aid, at great cost to them and their…...
California’s foster care system is buckling under the weight of this unexpected cost
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (1044+ words) An insurance crisis continues to rattle California’s foster care system, threatening to displace thousands of vulnerable children. Since 2024, more than two dozen nonprofits that recruit, train and support foster parents have shuttered across 13 counties, according to the California Department of…...
More government surveillance found along CA’s southern border
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (689+ words) If you’re driving down California’s southern border, there’s a chance that a trailer or construction barrel you passed has a hidden camera in it operated by the federal government. More than 40 readers have been uncovered in Southern California so far....
Kristi Noem to visit border near San Diego today as polls show declining support for Trump policies
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (575+ words) Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s visit to the U.S.-Mexico border comes as polls show declining support for President Trump’s immigration policies since the killing of protestors in Minneapolis. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is scheduled to be in San…...
Opinion | Will California lawmakers break their promise to child sexual abuse survivors?
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (635+ words) California’s Legislature is considering revising a state law that has enabled more victims of child sexual abuse to sue public schools. This column argues against reforming the law. This accompanying column argues for it. John Manly is an attorney representing…...
California nurses call Trump’s student loan cap ‘an attack’ on profession
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (759+ words) Will a cap on student loans discourage Californians from becoming nurses? We may find out. The Trump administration is proposing to restrict the amount of money nursing students can borrow to advance their education, raising worries that the change could…...
Colorado River talks hit crunch time. What's at stake for California water?
8+ mon, 6+ day ago (1128+ words) Western states in the Colorado River basin are racing a federal deadline to hash out the beginnings of an agreement governing the overtapped river. As the clock ticks down, two questions loom large: Just how real is this deadline, and…...