The Work of Politics

In their February 14 meeting, the Marina City Council directed staff to explore costs to repair a 60,000 square foot warehouse for the site of a future arts village. Read on for details.

Officials at the Pacific Grove Unified School District are proposing staff and program cuts in the face of budget deficits. Read on to learn more.

Read on to learn more about upcoming night work for the for the Highway 218 span of the Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway project in Del Rey Oaks.

As Monterey area school districts prepare to offer state mandated ethnic studies, no funding is forthcoming from the state to pay for it. What's the story? Read on to find out.

Alisal Union School District, Superintendent Jim Koenig has announced his retirement at the end of the school year. Read on for more information.

The first lawsuits have been filed following the aftermath of the Vistra battery storage facility fire at Moss Landing as questions about health and safety linger. Read on to learn more.

The largest marine sanctuary in the continental U.S. starts at the ocean’s edge in San Francisco. It’s bigger than Yellowstone National Park. And it could use a little help.The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary stretches from Marin County to the southern end of Big Sur and has a host of volunteer opportunities, from water quality monitoring to on-the-water kayaking naturalist, according to a press release Friday.

Bucking a post-COVID trend, the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District has managed to lower absenteeism which peaked in 2022. Read on to learn more.

Read on for more information about the progress of the Imjin Parkway Widening and Roundabout Project in Marina as it approaches the one-year mark and prepares to enter the next phase of work.

In the days and weeks following the January Los Angeles County wildfires, Gov. Gavin Newsom and his office moved quickly to manage the response and begin recovery efforts after the blazes were contained. Since then, the governor has been singularly focused on the region, describing his approach as “an extended period of engagement” with L.A. during a press conference in Altadena last week.

California has known for years that it must pay extra attention to people with disabilities and limited mobility during natural disasters. Will it put the lessones of the L.A. fires to use for the next emergency?

California schools are grappling with the U.S. Department of Education's letter requiring them to scrap their DEI programs.

Against the recommendation of his staff experts, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara denied a request from State Farm to green light “emergency” rate increases for insurance policy holders.

A spate of new bills in California and other states would protect consumers from electricity rate hikes that subsidize data centers.

AS HOST TO the largest battery storage facility in the world, on a site that just had its fourth fire in four years, the people of Monterey County have grown to realize that Moss Landing is a learning laboratory for California’s green energy transition.

The audit by the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission followed CalMatters’ revelations that a law requiring trip organizers to annually disclose their major donors had been used only twice in seven years — even as interest groups continued paying millions for lawmakers’ travel.

In the wake of the Los Angeles fires, State Farm asked for an “emergency” premium increase of 22% on average for California homeowners. Lara today denied the request pending more information.

Despite Trump’s plans, federal funding is a small part of California’s education budget and the state oversees curriculum.

Californians rejected the anti-slavery ballot measure Proposition 6, which would have forbid forced prison labor. Reparations advocates want to try again in 2026.

After a 2022 CalMatters series documenting long waits and low payouts for workers who claim their employers have shorted them on wages, California lawmakers have now proposed bills to try to ease the backlogs.

As academic researchers continue to explore what happened to public education during and after the COVID19 pandemic, they are confirming the harsh reality of decline in such basic skills as reading and mathematics.

A California appeals court rules a baker can’t refuse to sell a generic cake to a lesbian couple. It’s part of a series of cases shaping the debate over free speech and anti-discrimination laws.

Outreach workers in the Bay Area city of Fremont worry the new ordinance could target them, despite assurances from the city.

Sen. Kelly Seyarto is the only former career firefighter currently serving in the Legislature. But as a Republican in a Democratic supermajority, he says it can be challenging to make progress on wildfire policy.

Interviews suggest some people swept up in Trump’s immigration crackdown are dedicated to their families and communities — not hardened criminals.