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California K-12 schools brace for another year of uncertainty: 2025 in review
California K-12 schools dealt with an immigration crackdown, federal funding cuts and a reduced U.S. Department of Education.
California K-12 schools dealt with an immigration crackdown, federal funding cuts and a reduced U.S. Department of Education.
California K-12 schools brace for another year of uncertainty: 2025 in review
California K-12 schools dealt with an immigration crackdown, federal funding cuts and a reduced U.S. Department of Education.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
California K-12 schools brace for another year of uncertainty: 2025 in review
California K-12 schools dealt with an immigration crackdown, federal funding cuts and a reduced U.S. Department of Education.
California K-12 schools dealt with an immigration crackdown, federal funding cuts and a reduced U.S. Department of Education.
She spent years trying to conceive. Then California changed everything.
One round of IVF costs up to $40,000. For millions of Californians, that barrier to parenthood just disappeared thanks to a new mandate.
One round of IVF costs up to $40,000. For millions of Californians, that barrier to parenthood just disappeared thanks to a new mandate.
She spent years trying to conceive. Then California changed everything.
One round of IVF costs up to $40,000. For millions of Californians, that barrier to parenthood just disappeared thanks to a new mandate.
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December 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
She spent years trying to conceive. Then California changed everything.
One round of IVF costs up to $40,000. For millions of Californians, that barrier to parenthood just disappeared thanks to a new mandate.
One round of IVF costs up to $40,000. For millions of Californians, that barrier to parenthood just disappeared thanks to a new mandate.
Opinion | Ending BioMAT in 2025 would undermine investments in bioenergy and leave communities without safe biomass disposal options. bit.ly/4jxFF2F
December 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Opinion | Ending BioMAT in 2025 would undermine investments in bioenergy and leave communities without safe biomass disposal options. bit.ly/4jxFF2F
Opinion | PACE lets seniors stay out of nursing homes and still receive a variety of health and home services. Too few people know about it. bit.ly/4qvmtVw
December 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Opinion | PACE lets seniors stay out of nursing homes and still receive a variety of health and home services. Too few people know about it. bit.ly/4qvmtVw
Even more Cal State campuses will automatically admit eligible students under a new state law
A new CA law taking effect on Jan, 1, 2026 makes Cal State admission automatic for students who meet eligibility requirements.
A new CA law taking effect on Jan, 1, 2026 makes Cal State admission automatic for students who meet eligibility requirements.
Even more Cal State campuses will automatically admit eligible students under a new state law
A new CA law taking effect on Jan, 1, 2026 makes Cal State admission automatic for students who meet eligibility requirements.
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December 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Even more Cal State campuses will automatically admit eligible students under a new state law
A new CA law taking effect on Jan, 1, 2026 makes Cal State admission automatic for students who meet eligibility requirements.
A new CA law taking effect on Jan, 1, 2026 makes Cal State admission automatic for students who meet eligibility requirements.
In their approach to higher education, Trump and Newsom shared one thing in common this year: reducing funding for colleges and universities. bit.ly/4jadlD4
📸 Adriana Heldiz
📸 Adriana Heldiz
December 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In their approach to higher education, Trump and Newsom shared one thing in common this year: reducing funding for colleges and universities. bit.ly/4jadlD4
📸 Adriana Heldiz
📸 Adriana Heldiz
President Donald Trump slashed funding to schools, set about dismantling the U.S. Department of Education and launched an immigration crackdown that left countless families afraid to send their children to school. bit.ly/4pVWiHz
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
December 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
President Donald Trump slashed funding to schools, set about dismantling the U.S. Department of Education and launched an immigration crackdown that left countless families afraid to send their children to school. bit.ly/4pVWiHz
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
In an era of ICE raids, a Latino Christmas tradition proceeds with caution
The traditional posadas during Christmas time have taken a more cautious feel as ICE raids on Latino communities have increased In San Diego.
The traditional posadas during Christmas time have taken a more cautious feel as ICE raids on Latino communities have increased In San Diego.
In an era of ICE raids, a Latino Christmas tradition proceeds with caution
The traditional posadas during Christmas time have taken a more cautious feel as ICE raids on Latino communities have increased In San Diego.
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December 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
In an era of ICE raids, a Latino Christmas tradition proceeds with caution
The traditional posadas during Christmas time have taken a more cautious feel as ICE raids on Latino communities have increased In San Diego.
The traditional posadas during Christmas time have taken a more cautious feel as ICE raids on Latino communities have increased In San Diego.
Opinion | Biomass energy is not about cutting healthy forests or replacing solar and wind. It’s about the fact that California faces a dangerous accumulation of forest fuels with limited safe disposal options. bit.ly/4pT5zQu
December 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Opinion | Biomass energy is not about cutting healthy forests or replacing solar and wind. It’s about the fact that California faces a dangerous accumulation of forest fuels with limited safe disposal options. bit.ly/4pT5zQu
2025 was the year that California’s Democratic lawmakers finally got serious about building. bit.ly/4sdH02m
📸 Camille Cohen
📸 Camille Cohen
December 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
2025 was the year that California’s Democratic lawmakers finally got serious about building. bit.ly/4sdH02m
📸 Camille Cohen
📸 Camille Cohen
California's year in review: In 2025, we started to see the effects of a more punitive approach to homelessness from the state and local governments. bit.ly/49rtq3Z
📸 Jungho Kim
📸 Jungho Kim
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
California's year in review: In 2025, we started to see the effects of a more punitive approach to homelessness from the state and local governments. bit.ly/49rtq3Z
📸 Jungho Kim
📸 Jungho Kim
See the photos that defined California in 2025: A year in CalMatters’ visuals
Each year is unique in the joy, wonder, and heartache it can bring. Each year is the same in that our photographers and visual journalists spend it traversing the state to bring you those moments. bit.ly/48SPrbP
Each year is unique in the joy, wonder, and heartache it can bring. Each year is the same in that our photographers and visual journalists spend it traversing the state to bring you those moments. bit.ly/48SPrbP
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
See the photos that defined California in 2025: A year in CalMatters’ visuals
Each year is unique in the joy, wonder, and heartache it can bring. Each year is the same in that our photographers and visual journalists spend it traversing the state to bring you those moments. bit.ly/48SPrbP
Each year is unique in the joy, wonder, and heartache it can bring. Each year is the same in that our photographers and visual journalists spend it traversing the state to bring you those moments. bit.ly/48SPrbP
After a pilot to automatically admit high school students into the California State University system in the Inland Empire county took off last fall, lawmakers this year passed a law to greenlight a similar program statewide next fall. bit.ly/3NfQnhP
📸 Adriana Heldiz
📸 Adriana Heldiz
December 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
After a pilot to automatically admit high school students into the California State University system in the Inland Empire county took off last fall, lawmakers this year passed a law to greenlight a similar program statewide next fall. bit.ly/3NfQnhP
📸 Adriana Heldiz
📸 Adriana Heldiz
On Jan. 1, large group health insurers in California — from employers with at least 100 workers — will be required to begin covering fertility preservation and in vitro fertilization services. bit.ly/4ssfXR8
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
On Jan. 1, large group health insurers in California — from employers with at least 100 workers — will be required to begin covering fertility preservation and in vitro fertilization services. bit.ly/4ssfXR8
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
On Friday night, organizers of a community holiday festival in San Marcos were busy planning a neighborhood procession and readying trays of tamales for guests.
At the same time, they were preparing security to watch for ICE activity. bit.ly/4jgtffg
📸 Zoë Meyers
At the same time, they were preparing security to watch for ICE activity. bit.ly/4jgtffg
📸 Zoë Meyers
December 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
On Friday night, organizers of a community holiday festival in San Marcos were busy planning a neighborhood procession and readying trays of tamales for guests.
At the same time, they were preparing security to watch for ICE activity. bit.ly/4jgtffg
📸 Zoë Meyers
At the same time, they were preparing security to watch for ICE activity. bit.ly/4jgtffg
📸 Zoë Meyers
A dangerous atmospheric river is poised to deliver “excessive rainfall” across Southern California, raising fears that the rain could unleash a threat that has been lingering in the burn scars of wildfires. bit.ly/4pMj5p2
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📸 Joel Angel Juarez
📝 @ra-becks.bsky.social
📸 Joel Angel Juarez
December 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
A dangerous atmospheric river is poised to deliver “excessive rainfall” across Southern California, raising fears that the rain could unleash a threat that has been lingering in the burn scars of wildfires. bit.ly/4pMj5p2
📝 @ra-becks.bsky.social
📸 Joel Angel Juarez
📝 @ra-becks.bsky.social
📸 Joel Angel Juarez
She goes to police calls in a Prius. It's part of new approach to mental health emergencies
She goes to police calls in a Prius. It's part of new approach to mental health emergencies
San Mateo adopted a new approach to mental health 911 calls by pairing police with mental health clinicians. Researchers found that it reduced the number of future mental health emergency calls and involuntary psychiatric holds by roughly 17%.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
She goes to police calls in a Prius. It's part of new approach to mental health emergencies
Senior Californians in rural communities are dying by suicide at troubling rates—struggling with pain, cut off from doctors and mental health care, with guns at hand. bit.ly/4jcjfDP
📸 Salvador Ochoa
📸 Salvador Ochoa
December 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Senior Californians in rural communities are dying by suicide at troubling rates—struggling with pain, cut off from doctors and mental health care, with guns at hand. bit.ly/4jcjfDP
📸 Salvador Ochoa
📸 Salvador Ochoa
“CalMatters’ journalists are intelligent, informed and are as passionate about my home state as I am.” —CalMatters member Laura of San Luis Obispo
Join Laura with a gift to CalMatters today. bit.ly/4pyQvHg
Join Laura with a gift to CalMatters today. bit.ly/4pyQvHg
December 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
“CalMatters’ journalists are intelligent, informed and are as passionate about my home state as I am.” —CalMatters member Laura of San Luis Obispo
Join Laura with a gift to CalMatters today. bit.ly/4pyQvHg
Join Laura with a gift to CalMatters today. bit.ly/4pyQvHg
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court changed the way California treats people with severe mental illness. We spoke with dozens of participants to learn how it’s working. bit.ly/4b6pRBr
December 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court changed the way California treats people with severe mental illness. We spoke with dozens of participants to learn how it’s working. bit.ly/4b6pRBr
Opinion | The gap between CARE Court's intent and its real-world application
CARE Court can produce some positive results, but many people may not succeed for reasons unrelated to their ability to survive safely.
CARE Court can produce some positive results, but many people may not succeed for reasons unrelated to their ability to survive safely.
Opinion | The gap between CARE Court's intent and its real-world application
CARE Court can produce some positive results, but many people may not succeed for reasons unrelated to their ability to survive safely.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Opinion | The gap between CARE Court's intent and its real-world application
CARE Court can produce some positive results, but many people may not succeed for reasons unrelated to their ability to survive safely.
CARE Court can produce some positive results, but many people may not succeed for reasons unrelated to their ability to survive safely.
Opinion | Mayor Bass got some of LA's homeless people indoors. Will it matter to voters?
Homelessness numbers in Los Angeles are down but not enough for many voters to notice. It's also no longer the main issue of Karen Bass's reelection bid.
Homelessness numbers in Los Angeles are down but not enough for many voters to notice. It's also no longer the main issue of Karen Bass's reelection bid.
Opinion | Mayor Bass got some of LA's homeless people indoors. Will it matter to voters?
Homelessness numbers in Los Angeles are down but not enough for many voters to notice. It's also no longer the main issue of Karen Bass's reelection bid.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Opinion | Mayor Bass got some of LA's homeless people indoors. Will it matter to voters?
Homelessness numbers in Los Angeles are down but not enough for many voters to notice. It's also no longer the main issue of Karen Bass's reelection bid.
Homelessness numbers in Los Angeles are down but not enough for many voters to notice. It's also no longer the main issue of Karen Bass's reelection bid.
Facing a mountain of lawsuits, California K-12 schools will have a system in place beginning this year to prevent teachers and other staff from sexually abusing students. bit.ly/3MJdlxX
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
December 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Facing a mountain of lawsuits, California K-12 schools will have a system in place beginning this year to prevent teachers and other staff from sexually abusing students. bit.ly/3MJdlxX
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
San Mateo adopted a new approach to mental health 911 calls by pairing police with mental health clinicians. Researchers found that it reduced the number of future mental health emergency calls and involuntary psychiatric holds by roughly 17%. bit.ly/3NfEHvx
📸 Manuel Orbegozo
📸 Manuel Orbegozo
December 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
San Mateo adopted a new approach to mental health 911 calls by pairing police with mental health clinicians. Researchers found that it reduced the number of future mental health emergency calls and involuntary psychiatric holds by roughly 17%. bit.ly/3NfEHvx
📸 Manuel Orbegozo
📸 Manuel Orbegozo
Opinion | Protecting California’s public lands from oil and gas drilling is defending public health
Federal plans for oil drilling along a million acres in California would change healthful, wild spaces into sources of pollution and illness.
Federal plans for oil drilling along a million acres in California would change healthful, wild spaces into sources of pollution and illness.
Opinion | Protecting California’s public lands from oil and gas drilling is defending public health
Federal plans for oil drilling along a million acres in California would change healthful, wild spaces into sources of pollution and illness.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Opinion | Protecting California’s public lands from oil and gas drilling is defending public health
Federal plans for oil drilling along a million acres in California would change healthful, wild spaces into sources of pollution and illness.
Federal plans for oil drilling along a million acres in California would change healthful, wild spaces into sources of pollution and illness.