Placer County Statewide Articles

California immigrants with DACA status are newly eligible to buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act. Donald Trump’s election creates uncertainty about the future of the program.

L.A. Unified deserves credit for maintaining education for fast learners. But schools across the state and country have been eliminating programs for them.

Public support for nuclear power is the highest its been in more than a decade as the nation struggles to reduce its reliance on planet-warming fossil fuels.

Newsom and Democrats need to do less preaching and more listening.

Donald Trump's return to the White House could undermine access to gender-affirming care in California, advocates and others say, despite vows by lawmakers to protect it.

A new plan to rezone Los Angeles for more growth won't lead to the construction of enough homes to meet its goals, an analysis from researchers at UCLA finds.

A California agency charged with slowing health costs has set a lofty goal for insurers to direct 15% of their spending to primary care by 2034, part of the state's effort to expand the primary care workforce and give more …

In March, newly installed Social Security chief Martin O'Malley criticized agency "injustices" that "shock our shared sense of equity and good conscience as Americans."

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration could try to remove fluoride from drinking water, according to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

In March, newly installed Social Security chief Martin O'Malley criticized agency "injustices" that "shock our shared sense of equity and good conscience as Americans."

Millions of bees are killed in Mountain fire

Benicia voters appear to have passed a measure to increase the city’s sales tax to fund road infrastructure needs.Measure F was approved by 61 percent of voters, according to unofficial results on the Solano County Registrar of Voters website. The …

A California law that required school districts to test drinking water for lead failed to include provisions that would've provided an accurate representation of lead presence in schools.

Use this searchable map to browse the tests result at the more than 7,500 California schools which have already conducted tests for lead.

Pablo Benavente still led Mayor Edi Birsan in Concord’s District 4 City Council race, according to the latest tally released by the Contra Costa County Elections Office on Friday afternoon. Benavente was ahead by 104 votes (35.37%, 3,732 votes) over …

Robert Jweinat led Vasanth Shetty by 142 votes in their race for San Ramon’s District 1 City Council seat., according to the latest tally released by the Contra Costa County Elections Office. Jweinat had 50.87% of the vote (4.144 votes) …

A new report from Open Doors again ranked California as the top destination for international students. But concerns are growing over how foreigners at universities could fare under a second Trump term.

Belle La still has a slim lead in the race for the District 1 City Council seat in Pleasant Hill, according to the latest vote tally released by Contra Costa County election officials.  La’s lead over Marshall Lewis increased from …

Berkeley’s mayoral race in last week’s election has a new leader after the latest results released by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.Adena Ishii had 24,265 votes after four rounds of ranked choice voting, 51.2% of the votes tallied so …

Oakland City Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas is narrowly ahead in the race for the District 5 seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, according to the latest results released by the county.Bas was behind Emeryville City Councilmember John Bauters …