Elections Why a Colorado ambulance company wants to limit California taxes By Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | August 24, 2023 American Medical Response has poured more than $3 million into a November 2024 initiative to raise requirements for levying taxes and fees.
Bay Area New fountain at Lake Merritt takes aim at algae By Charles Ayitay | Bay City News | August 22, 2023 A 2022 algal bloom killed thousands of fish in the lake.
Bay Area Affordable housing for teachers breaks ground in Palo Alto By Diana Lambert | EdSource | August 22, 2023 Teachers and school employees from districts in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties will be eligible to rent units in the new complex.
Bay Area Assembly bill would sidestep lawsuit over student dorm construction at People’s Park By Keith Burbank | Bay City News | August 22, 2023 The bill would eliminate the requirement to consider noise as an environmental pollutant when new housing is constructed.
Housing California parental rights battle gets louder By Lynn La | CalMatters | August 22, 2023 Parental oversight, book bans, disrupting school board meetings, and other "culture wars" topics collide.
Arts & Entertainment Bay City Books: ‘Why We Need to Be Wild’ By Frances Dinkelspiel | Bay City News Foundation | August 18, 2023 Wild as a way of living, plus new releases from local authors.
Bay Area Stranded Maui shelter pets come to the Bay Area for adoption By Bay City News and Exedra Staff | August 18, 2023 More than 100 shelter animals were airlifted from Maui to Oregon and the Bay Area.
gavin newsom Gavin Newsom gives ground to critics on his mental health plan. Will voters back it? By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | August 18, 2023 The proposal is the second time in as many years that Newsom has advocated for significant changes to the state’s behavioral health system.
climate change Will California’s push on electric vehicles reduce inequality — or deepen it? By Lynn La | CalMatters | August 18, 2023 An expert panel weighed in on the chicken-egg dilemma of cost, charging availability.
Housing As one more housing project stalls on noise concerns, another head sprouts from ‘CEQA Hydra’ By Mikhail Zinshteyn and Ben Christopher | CalMatters | August 17, 2023 Two recent state court rulings say human noise from future tenants is pollution that cities must address. Legal experts and the governor are pushing back.