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California residents can turn to these public and private entities to help prepare for wildfires and protect their property.

Community service districts can do most anything a city government can do. Here’s how they work and how to start one.

Pat Dillon delves into the past of Tahoe City’s public beach in a piece for Moonshine Ink.

When people of color vanish, only one-fifth of the cases receive media coverage. These activists want to change that.

Inflation is on the rise, with prices in some parts of California their highest in 13 years. Here’s what caused this round of inflation, and how can it be stopped.

Reporter Ryan Sabalow writes about Asatru Folk Assembly, a church that worships Norse gods and preaches an extreme racial ideology.

These organizations aim to help citizens engage with their governments.

Since Gold Rush Days, water has been the driving force in El Dorado County life. Here’s how the water system works, and how it has developed over the years.

A new California law to lower speed limits, AB 43, is part of an overall effort, called ‘Vision Zero,’ to eliminate traffic deaths completely. Here’s what the law does, and why it can make a difference.

The pesky mosquito can be deadly as well as annoying. Here’s how local governments in California have been waging war on mosquitoes for more than a century.

About 1.8 million veterans live in California. Here are some organizations dedicated to serving the needs of those who served America.

California’s cannabis business is blossoming, but industry experts tell the Sacramento Bee that the state is leaving money on the table.

Sam Quinones, whose last book dealt with the opioid epidemic, talks to the LA Times about his new work on the twin perils of fentanyl and meth.

We wanted to build a better local newspaper; it turned into something much larger.

LA Times staff writer Louis Sahagun reports from the front lines of the battle to preserve California’s most endangered species.

Comstock’s reporter Jennifer Junghans learns about some innovative solutions to the problem of ice on winter roads.

UPDATED In which we ponder the things around which humans self organize.

California’s history of people getting directly involved in the affairs of government dates back more than a century, but it has sometimes been coopted by business and other interests.

A baker’s dozen of great and not-so-great ditties from all over California.

El Dorado County’s 193,000 residents rely on 10 different districts to protect them from fire, and some of those districts are dangerously short on cash.