This story was originally published . Sign up for their newsletters. Students in a class at Lake Marie Elementary School in Whittier on Nov. 17, 2022. Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters Would ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. When Brigitta Hunter started her teaching career, she had $20,000 in student loans and zero income – even though she ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Hundreds of people convicted of murder in California didn’t kill anyone. They were handed long sentences because they ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. CalMatters’ collaboration with PBS SoCal is nominated for a Los Angeles Area Emmy award. The informational series ...

A few months before the 2024 election, I was attending a get-out-the-vote postcard party when one of the attendees mentioned ...

A Stanford University student died early Saturday morning after a vehicle struck him while he was riding an electric bike ...

Local residents who died recently include: David Hopkins, 81, a Palo Alto resident who served on the leadership team at Stanford Hospital, held senior positions at the Pacific Business Group on Health ...

This story was originally published . Sign up for their newsletters. As California grapples with a $12 billion budget deficit, that state’s peer-run phone service that provides free 24/7 mental health ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The simmering battle over the public library in Huntington Beach erupted again this spring when provocative signs ...

Le Cocq’s 3-year-old Havanese named Penny scared off the coyote, in the nick of time as the coyote got within feet of Penny. A few days later Menlo Park resident Neeraj Soman’s cat, Digby, suffered a ...

What would it take for Palo Alto residents to ditch AT&T and Comcast and trust the city to provide them with fast, reliable ...

If you planted garlic last fall, you’re getting near harvest time. Here's what you should know before harvesting the bulbs.