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Technology

ICE taps into school security cameras to aid Trump’s immigration crackdown

By Mark Keierleber | The 74 | February 10, 2026

Police departments across the U.S. are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist President Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by The 74 reveals.

‘We’re basically pushers:’ Two California courtrooms hear how companies may have hooked kids on social media

By Colin Lecher | CalMatters

California state employees alarmed by demand to prove their citizenship

By Khari Johnson | CalMatters

Study: 98% of teens have school cellphone bans, but majority don’t follow them

By Lauren Wagner | The74

Our video tests prove generative AI still sucks at dancing. See for yourself

By Khari Johnson, Levi Sumagaysay and Mohamed Al Elew | CalMatters

Featured in Category

BART-Uber partnership aims to streamline trips by integrating services under single app

By Andres Jimenez Larios | Bay City News | January 20, 2026

Uber will offer discounted trips at some locations including West Oakland, Lake Merritt and MacArthur.

Business & Finance

Gavin Newsom forecasts a rosier California budget and banks on AI boom continuing

By Yue Stella Yu | CalMatters | January 9, 2026

The governor’s 2026-27 budget proposal projects $9 billion more in revenue than anticipated, banking on the AI-driven economy to last.

California

How Californians can use a new state website to block hundreds of data brokers

By Colin Lecher and Miles Hinton | CalMatters | January 8, 2026

A tool called DROP lets California residents fill out a few forms to keep their personal data from being tracked or sold by data brokers.

Technology

California tax revenue getting a boost from AI boom — but for how long?

By Levi Sumagaysay | CalMatters | January 6, 2026

As talk of a possible AI bubble grows, so does uncertainty around an important source of California tax money.

Technology

Compilation of screenshots from The California Courier, a putative news website, against a pink background

Could this mysterious California news site influence the 2026 election?

By Colin Lecher | CalMatters | January 5, 2026

When is a news source not what it seems? The California Courier uses the name of an established paper and doesn’t disclose apparent partisan ties.

Technology

Trump’s new order against AI regulation hits California especially hard

By Khari Johnson | CalMatters | December 11, 2025

Since 2016, California has enacted more AI regulations than any other state.

Bay Area

Bay Area laboratories join national effort to use AI platform for scientific advancement

By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | November 27, 2025

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory wants to develop AI models that use data such as scientific images, geographical data, and molecular structures.

energy

Data centers are putting new strain on California’s grid. A new report estimates the impacts

By Alejandro Lazo | CalMatters | November 14, 2025

The report's authors conclude that between 2019 and 2023, electricity use and carbon emissions by CA data centers nearly doubled, while on-site water consumption slightly more than doubled. But without hard data from the centers themselves, it's hard to know for sure.

Education

His students suddenly started getting A’s. Did a Google AI tool go too far?

By Carolyn Jones | CalMatters | November 10, 2025

Google Lens makes it easier to cheat on digital tests. (In the article: a PHS teacher explains why AI is not allowed in her classrooms.)

Bay Area

Berkeley Police Department launches online call log as it begins encrypting radio signals

By Thomas Hughes | Bay City News | November 8, 2025

The removal of public access to police broadcasts was made to comply with a change in state law.