California The Salton Sea is California’s most imperiled lake. Can a new conservancy save it? By Deborah Brennan | CalMatters | March 12, 2025 Will nearly half a billion dollars in projects be enough?
Bay Area Save Mount Diablo buys Ginochio Schwendel Ranch to protect key wildlife corridor By Tony Hicks | Bay City News | March 10, 2025 The Ginochio Schwendel Ranch features unusual volcanic geologic formations that support rare and endemic native plants.
California Bipartisanship is rare in the California Legislature. Here are the bills breaking the divide By Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters | March 10, 2025 Less than 1% of the more than 2,000 bills California lawmakers filed this year have bipartisan coauthors.
Featured in Category Building anything in California takes too long — East Bay legislator aims to speed process By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | March 8, 2025 Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (who also represents Piedmont) thinks this is the political moment for some big changes.
Education Gavin Newsom shocks LGBTQ allies with criticism of transgender athletes By Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | March 7, 2025 “I revere sports and so the issue of fairness is completely legit,” Newsom said.
business Injunction malfunction: Musk loses round in battle with OpenAI, but still wins with ruling By Joe Dworetzky | Bay City News | March 7, 2025 While Musk lost the battle, the judge’s decision may prove pivotal to advancing Musk’s central argument in the war between the tech titans.
California An audit found California was unprepared to help vulnerable people in a fire. Five years later, lawmakers finally talk about it By Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | March 7, 2025 “We need to make sure that we’re having these discussions so that we can continue to protect our people.”
Bay Area Supes pass amendment to ease conversion of SF commercial buildings into housing By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | March 5, 2025 "This is a win-win for our city."
Oakland Oakland City Council unanimously passes resolution to reopen three fire stations By Katy St. Clair | Bay City News | March 5, 2025 As it now stands, all of Oakland’s 25 fire stations will be open and operational well before the end of the fiscal year.
California Have federal agents served warrants at California’s Capitol? The Legislature doesn’t want you to know By Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters | March 5, 2025 Open government advocates argue the public has a right to know.