Author: CalMatters
Schools
CalMatters: UC Continues Annual Tuition Hikes Despite Student Appeals. Here’s How Much it Will Increase
November 29, 2025
The University of California has renewed its policy of annual tuition hikes on Nov. 19 after the UC Board of...
Business
CalMatters: Newsom Brings California to the Heart of the Amazon – And the U.N. Climate Conference
November 16, 2025
California likes to think of itself as a nation — and this week, it’s acting like one. Gov. Gavin Newsom,...
Community
CalMatters: If Trump’s EPA Abandons Climate Policy, Could California Take Over on Greenhouse Gases?
November 12, 2025
California has long cast itself as the nation’s climate conscience — and its policy lab. Now, as the Environmental Protection...
CommunitySchools
CalMatters: Expect More Phonics Lessons in California Schools Under Law Newsom Signed
November 8, 2025
California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum Oct. 9 when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill pushing...
Community
CalMatters: Classic Cars Will Still Need a Smog Test in California After Lawmakers Reject Jay Leno Bill
September 21, 2025
Jay Leno’s star power wasn’t enough to persuade a California legislative committee to pass a measure to allow owners of...
Community
CalMatters: California’s Newest Invaders are Beautiful Swans, Should Hunters Kill Them?
September 2, 2025
On an early August morning, it didn’t take long to spot the first pair of huge white swans with orange...
Community
CalMatters: 5 Things to Know About Gavin Newsom’s Plan to Redraw California’s Election Maps
August 19, 2025
The fight over redistricting is about to hit overdrive in California. As the Legislature returns to Sacramento today for the...
Community
CalMatters: 2,300 California “Dreamers” Are About to Lose Their Health Care Coverage
August 9, 2025
Less than a year after “Dreamers” were first allowed to sign up for Covered California health insurance, undocumented immigrants who...
Public Safety
CalMatters: CHP to Equip All 7,600 Officers with Body Cameras
July 12, 2025
Three years after CalMatters’ reporting revealed that only 3% of California Highway Patrol officers wore body cameras, one of the...
Community
CalMatters: These Four Million Acres of California Forest Could Lose Protection Here’s What Trump’s “Roadless Rule” Repeal Could Do
June 28, 2025
The Trump administration’s plan to repeal a rule prohibiting logging and road construction in undeveloped parts of national forests would...









