gavin newsom Return to office: Newsom orders California state workers back four days a week By Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | March 3, 2025 The governor’s announcement takes effect on July 1.
women ‘It’s a big question’: Silicon Valley women’s wage disparity among highest nationwide By B. Sakura Cannestra | San Jose Spotlight | March 3, 2025 Policy solutions and a culture shift may be the only way to close the gap.
California Until the wells run dry: Why replenishing California’s groundwater is painfully slow By Alastair Bland | CalMatters | March 2, 2025 Even after multiple wet winters, and despite a state law that’s supposed to protect and restore the state’s precious groundwater, thousands of wells have gone dry.
rainfall Where’s the water? Sierra snow level at 85% of normal as winter season approaches end By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | March 1, 2025 Experts say the snowpack level is worrisome, and the snow’s water content was even more troubling.
Bay Area Alameda County seeks grand jurors By Exedra Staff | February 28, 2025 Applications for the 2025-2026 term (starting July 1) are due by April 15.
California With reservoir levels in good shape, state’s water managers increase delivery forecasts By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | February 28, 2025 Early February storms helped boost reservoirs after a dry January.
Bay Area SF City Hall ‘DOGE raid’ was a YouTube prank; authorities weigh whether to pursue charges By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | February 27, 2025 "Are you sending tampons to dolphins in Timbuktu" asked the alleged perp, whose YouTube subscribers number nearly 850,000.
California ‘Look, there’s nowhere else to go:’ Inside California’s crackdown on homeless camps By Marisa Kendall and Katie Anastas | Cal Matters | February 27, 2025 It’s been eight months since the US Supreme Court fundamentally changed how cities can respond to homeless encampments.
Obituary Santa Rosa schools dealt heartbreaking loss after three students die from drug overdoses By Tony Hicks, Bay City News | February 25, 2025 Police arrested Ramon Nunez, 21, on Sunday for allegedly selling fentanyl to two of the high school victims.
Bay Area ‘A volunteer jail:’ Inside the scandals and abuse pushing California’s homeless out of shelters By Lauren Hepler | CalMatters | February 25, 2025 Shelters have become California’s go-to solution for homelessness. A CalMatters investigation finds the vast majority of residents stay homeless.