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In the wake of the First World War, a group of business leaders built an international organization of more than 1,000 local service clubs in less than a decade. It has grown to be one of the biggest philanthropic organizations …

Updated information, including news and Explainers, about progress in building the 32-mile stretch of the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail in Santa Cruz County.

For more than a century, business leaders have done a lot of good. And then Elon and his friends show up and make us all look selfish and bad.

A movement started just 12 years ago has gone global—and local. Meanwhile, one of the oldest and largest philanthropic enterprises in the world continues to serve.

Week One of the charismatic-megafauna segment of our Doing Good series features the BPOE Elks. And: San Diego Zoo cams!

Two plans to protect the ocean and its beaches—and the coolest marine-life webcams on the planet.

Thousands of square miles of ocean and coastal habitat are now preserved for future generations.

Have a desire to watch a kelp forest, or some moon jellies, or some otters, or sharks, or birds? Not a problem thanks to these amazing live webcams.

This Veterans Day, we pay tribute to those who have given parts of their lives to our armed services, and those who serve in our nation's army of government workers.

The organization responsible for the GI Bill and Veterans Day continues to help service members, veterans, and their families.

The way forward is simple but not easy. Can we count on you?

As white-hot rhetoric and threats of political violence bring many voters to the edge of madness, we offer a hopeful reminder.

Democratic institutions are at work statewide, dealing with local issues and big stuff including the California Delta.

The first service club is over 100 years old and still doing good in the world.

An international network of business leaders are working to build local alliances and solve global problems.

Californians are being asked to approve two bond measures totaling $20 billion in the election now underway. What does that mean, and how does it work? Find out here.

Municipal bonds fund water systems, school buildings, parks, police stations and other public projects that require voter-approved money.

As voters receive their ballots for the 2024 presidential election and important statewide and local races, we look at efforts to build democracy, and efforts to weaken it.

The decades of work to win the right to vote for women was only the beginning.