By Calexico Chronicle CALEXICO — In an area of the city known for high crime and illicit drug use, a local transient was found dead of what police suspect is a drug overdose in the alley behind the Pan American Mail Box Co. in the 200 block of Paulin Avenue in Calexico. The owner of […]
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Missing Brawley Man’s Body Found in Coachella Canal
By Calexico Chronicle BOMBAY BEACH — The body of a Brawley man reported missing more than a week ago was found in the Coachella Canal southeast of Bombay Beach not far from the foot of the Chocolate Mountains, where he was apparently headed to hike the Bradshaw Trail. The remains of 43-year-old Thomas Joseph Christensen […]
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California officials won’t say why it would cost ‘billions’ to protect prison workers from heat
By Jeanne Kuang Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. More than a month after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration delayed a workplace indoor heat rule because it might be too expensive for the state prison system, state officials are refusing […]
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USC decision to deploy police on Gaza war protesters distorts public perception against students
By Antonio Wu Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. Guest Commentary written by Antonio Wu Antonio Wu is an undergraduate student studying public policy and communications at the University of Southern California. In USC President Carol Folt’s first meeting […]
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Why a CA campaign finance law could get blown up
By Lynn La Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. The floor of the state Senate chambers at the state Capitol in Sacramento on April 29, 2024. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters In 2022, California lawmakers tried to stop […]
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California passed a law to stop ‘pay to play’ in local politics. After two years, legislators want to gut it
By Yue Stella Yu Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. Described by its author as the “most significant political reform” in decades, a 2022 law designed to limit businesses’ and contractors’ attempts to sway local elected officials with campaign […]
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Californians are protecting themselves from wildfire. Why is there still an insurance crisis?
By Levi Sumagaysay Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. Spend any time thinking or talking about insurance in California these days and you’re bound to hear the word “mitigation.” Fire officials, lawmakers, insurance agents and others are asking homeowners […]
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California colleges got billions in pandemic relief funds. What will happen once it’s gone?
By Adam Echelman Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. In March 2020, colleges were on the verge of a crisis. Students were dropping out en masse, and California’s public colleges and universities predicted they might lose billions of dollars […]
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California protects its Joshua trees. A new bill could allow more to be cut down for development
By Ryan Sabalow Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. Democratic Assemblymember Juan Carrillo has mixed feelings about the Joshua trees that are scattered across his sprawling Southern California desert district. “The Joshua tree is an iconic symbol of the […]
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New battlegrounds emerge in California’s endless housing conflict
By Dan Walters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. At least once a month a new front opens in California’s political guerrilla war between state and local officials over housing. The Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom have issued a steady […]
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