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Bay Area

With 2020 hindsight: Recapping the stories that defined California life

By CalMatters staff | December 31, 2020

Raging wildfires, an overdue reckoning with racism -- and coronavirus, of course, detonated our every expectation of 2020.

climate change

Trump, Biden face off over California wildfires

By Emily Hoeven | CALmatters | September 15, 2020

Presidential candidates leverage state's record-breaking fires to advance their respective political visions.

climate change

Fires set record books ablaze

By Emily Hoeven | CALmatters | September 11, 2020

Six of the 20 largest fires in state history, and other news from around the state.

COVID-19

On the verge of becoming law: These 2020 bills are up to California’s governor

By Laurel Rosenhall and CALMatters staff | CALmatters | August 31, 2020

Diversity on corporate boards, a ban on flavored tobacco, an overhaul the use of plastic packaging, and others are on Newsom's desk.

Bay Area

Preliminary data show drop in chronic homelessness in Marin County

By James Lanaras | Bay City News | May 9, 2019

Officials attribute the 28% drop in chronic homelessness to the county's system-wide Housing First approach, which reaches a more vulnerable population.