California California’s newest ICE center has 1,400 detainees. What Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla saw there By Wendy Fry | CalMatters | January 20, 2026 The newest and largest ICE detention center in the state is a former prison in Kern County.
Technology California sues city over surveillance data, warns it can be shared with federal agencies By Wendy Fry | CalMatters | October 3, 2025 The lawsuit comes at a moment of heightened concern for immigrants and women seeking reproductive care. Once data leaves California, it can be accessed by agencies in states with different policies regarding those populations.
Bay Area ‘It was just a regular morning’: Californians picked up in recent ICE raids include kids, volunteers By Wendy Fry | CalMatters | February 11, 2025 None appeared to pose the risks to national security or public safety Trump promised he’d target during his campaign.
Bay Area Why are Black Californians leaving the state? By Wendy Fry | CalMatters | April 19, 2024 Researchers cite the impacts of gentrification and high housing costs.
gavin newsom Black women in California are overburdened and underserved, new poll finds By Wendy Fry | August 11, 2023 The first-of-its-kind survey was created by the California Black Women’s Collective Empowerment Institute at Cal State, Dominguez Hills.
California Waiting game: Asylum seekers at California border at more risk during court fight By Wendy Fry | CalMatters | August 7, 2023 The Biden administration’s app rule makes it harder for migrants to assert a right to asylum, advocates say.
Bay Area California reparations task force to recommend ‘down payments’ for slavery, racism By Wendy Fry | CalMatters | May 1, 2023 The reparations task force meets Saturday at Mills College at Northeastern University in Oakland.
Bay Area California’s reparations task force could face uphill battle in legislature By Wendy Fry | CalMatters | April 11, 2023 Few assemblymembers have pledged support for monetary reparations for the descendants of formerly enslaved people, and public response is split.
California California bill would fund deportation defense for all immigrants, including those with felonies By Wendy Fry | CalMatters | March 16, 2023 Advocates say barriers to legal services for those convicted of serious crimes create a two-tiered system of justice.
Bay Area Undoing the past: Lawmakers seek to mend California neighborhoods sliced by highways By Wendy Fry | CalMatters | February 28, 2023 The interstate highway construction boom in the 1950s and 60s dramatically reshaped some neighborhoods.