The title of CapCon 2023 was 'Rebuilding Trust in an Age of Disinformation.' Barr’s response to that prompt was unambiguous: You do not deserve to be trusted.
How to effectively communicate actionable information for preparation before extreme events, and to disseminate vital information during and after disasters.
A note from our publisher: California Local invites you to listen—and contribute.
Wherever you live in California, you are likely to have strong feelings about Lake Tahoe. I want you to know that the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation’s annual Give Back Tahoe campaign is at the tail end of another record-breaking year.
A review of our web metrics reveals a lot of growth in site visitors. But we’re happiest to see that we are helping connect people with their communities.
Following Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, droves are fleeing the social network and joining Mastodon, an open-source federated service in the 'Fediverse.'
Publisher Mike Gelbman delivers a report on our media allies, local directories, marketing services, and more.
California Local is helping a powerful organization tell a big story about confronting problems that threaten the soul of the North Lake Tahoe community.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres defends "the cornerstone of democratic societies—free, independent, and pluralistic media.”
We’ve made our proprietary content management platform available for fellow publishers.
The headlines have been screaming lately. Meanwhile, the quiet work of building a better world goes on.
Three California transportation leaders explain why Measure D will ultimately kill much-needed rail service and slow progress on the Santa Cruz Rail Trail.
In which we explore how we do community journalism at California Local.
Sometimes making the community better manifests as a better understanding of how nature works. Local birders lead the way.
Recent discussions in social media revealed a lack of maps of safe local bike routes. So we connected with local bike experts to start a crowdsourced project to create some.
America is weird. Nobody likes taxes, but everyone enjoys the benefits of the services funded by the taxes.
An exploration into the mechanisms and uses of the attention traps purposefully designed into digital platforms, and the importance of our real life relationships in countering manipulation.
I hoped the events of Jan. 6, 2021, would put an end to the Big Lie—that the election of 2020 was bogus. But on Jan. 6, 2022, the Big Lie got even bigger.
We take a look under the hood of California Local’s Traffic and Transportation portal, which provides comprehensive information on local road and traffic conditions, current CHP incidents and traffic congestion hot spots.
