Ballots are in the mail for California’s primary election. These are the congressional races CalMatters is watching closely — and the candidates fighting for their political lives.

Newsom cheered the Delta tunnel’s latest milestone. But with decades behind it and major hurdles ahead, will California ever build it?

California's second-in-command has little power beyond serving on higher ed boards. These candidates want the job anyway — and say they can lower tuition.

The U.S. Supreme Court has narrowed the Voting Rights Act over the past decade. The law in California was primarily used to ...

Six Democrats and two Republicans attacked each other but struggled to offer clear alternatives in a chaotic debate that left ...

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In his memoir, Pratt describes himself as selfish, undisciplined and unprincipled. He deflects blame, squanders fortunes and ...

A homeless man was arrested after using stolen credit cards to buy a meal and then spent six months in a Bay Area jail. His ...

The federal Local Food Purchase Assistance cooperative agreement program pays for locally grown food for feeding programs, such as food banks. It's ending two years early.

California's DMV is sharing data about 1 million unauthorized immigrants so its driver licenses will still be accepted at ...

It's a big job to regulate the nation's largest property and casualty insurance market for homeowners, businesses, renters ...

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