By Robert Dugan and Jeff Harris, Special to CalMatters The uncontrolled wildfires that raged across California this year devastated lives, homes, forests and entire watersheds. We set...
Californians faced the naysayers and voted by mail in record numbers this election, potentially avoiding a pandemic super spreader event and showing the nation it could...
Elizabeth has always wanted to be a doctor. While a high school senior, she was hoping to achieve her dream through attending the state’s main university...
The holidays are here, and it’s time to put out an SOS. Much like the signal transmitted by a ship in distress, this SOS is a...
Dave Congalton always turns right at the beach. The local radio host, who has lived near Oceano Dunes for 33 years, leads an informal group of...
COVID-19 has meant many Californians are struggling to stay healthy, keep their jobs and put food on the table. In this moment, organizations that provide food...
At the end of an arcing sweep of shoreline tracing the pocket coves and steep cliffs of the Central Coast lies Oceano Dunes and its rippling...
For a brief moment this summer, Stephanie Moore thought she might finally see a glimmer of hope at the end of the coronavirus recession. Unemployment benefits...
Just how risky was the birthday party that Gov. Gavin Newsom attended at a ritzy Napa Valley restaurant? According to a modeling tool, if held today, there’s...
Did someone say that suspending the responsibilities for renters to make their payments due to the pandemic on time would create problems? Of course they did....