Elections A Fox News host? A sheriff? Is there a Republican who can finally win statewide in California again? By Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | April 22, 2025 Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco lead the field of Republicans who hope to snap a long GOP losing streak in next year’s California governor’s race.
Bay Area Keeping California’s lights on will require a major electricity market, partnerships across the West By Michael Wara | CalMatters | April 22, 2025 To get the affordable and reliable clean energy required to run a state like California, we have to build, says climate and energy policy scholar Michael Wara.
berkeley Earth Day by the Bay: Environmental justice themes resonate through scheduled events By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | April 22, 2025 Today is Earth Day, and it is happening on a year the Earth could use a day off.
Bay Area ‘One of a kind’: Bay Area leaders remember Pope Francis’ legacy of mercy, humanity By Kiley Russell, Bay City News | April 21, 2025 Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died Monday in Vatican City after a stroke and heart failure.
homelessness SF tries new tack as overdose deaths spike, taking aim at root causes of drug addiction By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | April 19, 2025 "Every overdose death we have here in the city and county of San Francisco is preventable. It’s unacceptable and it’s tragic."
Bay Area Update: Charlene Wang keeps decisive lead for Oakland council race; voters favor Measure A sales tax By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | April 18, 2025 The winner of Tuesday’s election will represent an area that is roughly east of Lake Merritt and south of Piedmont.
homelessness What happens after a homeless person is arrested for camping? Often, not much By Marisa Kendall | CalMatters | April 18, 2025 What’s the point of arresting people at all when the city waits too long to prosecute?
Business & Finance Newsom takes on Trump over tariffs he says are hurting California By Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | April 16, 2025 "The President’s chaotic and haphazard implementation of tariffs is not only deeply troubling, it’s illegal,” Attorney General Rob Bonta says.
climate change How labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate change By Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters | April 16, 2025 The death of this bill reiterates how environmentalists’ most aggressive policies regularly fizzle out when Big Labor works on behalf of Big Oil.
Bay Area On Tax Day, immigrant advocates rally in SF to protest IRS sharing personal data with ICE By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | April 16, 2025 In contributing to our economy and communities, undocumented immigrants are signing up to be surveilled.