Women's History Month

Among other issues, there's not always enough office space for state workers ordered back to the office by Governor Newsom. Read on for details.

Read on to learn details about wildfire severity zones in Sacramento County according to the recently updated Cal Fire wildfire hazard maps.

A state grant for $346,100 requested by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments will be used to install rapid flashing beacons to increase pedestrian safety at crossings in the City of Elk Grove. Read on for more information.

More than 100 people rallied for International Women's Day in downtown Sacramento on March 8. Read on to learn what they had to say.

Read on for information about the Stand Up for Science rally attended by hundreds of protesters at the State capitol on March 7 .

Read on for more information about the rally organized by California Afterschool Advocacy Alliance and attended by hundreds of educators and students to protest funding cuts to education on March 4 at the Capitol.

Read on to learn what's being done to calm aggressive driving in Folsom.

Read on to learn more about the latest in the ongoing saga of the budget scandal which continues to occupy Capital Public Radio.

Due to rainy weather, CalTrans postponed the closure of east bound Highway 50 and rescheduled it to Friday 3/14 9pm to Tues 3/18 5am. Read on for details.

A new conservancy will oversee work to improve vegetation, water quality and natural habitat in the Salton Sea. Will nearly half a billion dollars in projects be enough?

California Assembly Bill 247 would significantly raise the hourly wage of inmate firefighters. Read on to learn more.

From pushing for oversight of the FAIR Plan to providing tax breaks for premiums, California lawmakers try to fix insurance market problems.

It’s legal in California to evict tenants for nonpayment even when they can pay all their overdue rent. A proposal pending in the Legislature seeks to change that.

In these hyper-partisan times, less than 1% of the more than 2,000 bills California lawmakers filed this year have bipartisan coauthors. Here are some of the issues on which Republicans and Democrats agree.

Los Angeles Assemblymember Rick Zbur says he wants to narrow the standards for justifiable homicide. Critics say he wants to make self-defense illegal.

Five years ago, as COVID-19 hit the state, legislators cancelled a hearing to discuss a state audit that found the state’s office of emergency services and at least three California counties weren’t prepared to help vulnerable people during natural disasters.

Gov. Gavin Newsom called it “deeply unfair” for transgender athletes to participate in girls' sports today — a notable change in his position that thrust the Democratic governor into the center of a national maelstrom. It was unclear whether he will act on his new position as Republicans urged him to follow conservative states in banning transgender athletes from girls' sports.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to see tangible results from the $6.4 billion mental health bond voters approved last year. Moving fast carries a risk of neglecting under-resourced communities.

The Fremont city council has revised a new city camping ordinance, removing what had become a controversial clause — first reported on by CalMatters — that could have punished those  “aiding and abetting” encampments.

This appears to be the first such injunction since the U.S. Supreme Court let cities crack down on homeless encampments in California and beyond.

Since 2016, the DMV has collected more than $8 million from nearly 5,300 car sales, according to a CalMatters analysis.

Oakland Democrat Buffy Wicks said lawmakers will soon see 20 bills to speed up housing construction, along with more on energy, water and transit.

The governor’s announcement affects most of the state workforce and will take effect on July 1.