This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Roberta Titus sits outside a juice shop on Front Street in Santa Cruz on Aug. 7, 2024. Photo by Manuel Orbegozo for ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The 2028 Olympics will open in Los Angeles in exactly three years, and the planning for the Games is racing alongside ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Clearing an encampment is one of the most complicated and fraught tasks any California city can take on when ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Sociologist Robert Merton coined the term “unintended consequences” in a 1936 essay, exploring how people take actions ...

Silicon Valley’s transportation agency wants to increase revenues from its highway express lanes, but advocates say they could save more money by strengthening public transit.

For her debut novel 'The Ashtrays Are Full and the Glasses Are Empty,' Kirsten Mickelwait took inspiration from a little-known real-life duo who mingled with 1920s luminaries like F. Scott Fitzgerald ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As Republicans lambasted California lawmakers for rushing through their effort to gerrymander the state’s ...

The Palo Alto Unified School District moved forward with its plan to adopt an advanced diploma program, which would recognize students who excel academically, at a school board meeting Tuesday evening ...

Palo Alto moved one step closer to approving over $6 million in budget reductions Tuesday after the Finance Committee signed off on the proposal to cut about a dozen vacant positions and make other ...

Menlo Park police let out-of-state agencies access its automated license plate reader data, a breach of California law that ...

The Palo Alto Food Truck Fellowship gathers multiple food trucks in one spot. Courtesy Michelly Carrasco. Indulge in ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to work as an intern on CalMatters’ audience engagement team. As my time ...