In summary Applications are down 25% compared to this time last year. Although financial aid application information has not been shared with immigration or other agencies in the past, many fear that ...

As academic researchers continue to explore what happened to public education during and after the COVID19 pandemic, they are confirming the harsh reality of decline in such basic skills as reading ...

In summary Outreach workers in the Bay Area city of Fremont worry the new ordinance could target them, despite assurances from the city. The Fremont City Council gave final approval this week to an ...

CalMatters series documenting long waits and low payouts for workers who claim their employers have shorted them on wages, California lawmakers have now proposed bills to try to ease the backlogs. ...

The Redwood Symphony is going big, performing Gustav Mahler's "Resurrection" symphony in a Feb. 16 concert that will includes over 170 guest singers. We spoke with Redwood Symphony founder and ...

The latest in Kepler's Books "Story is the Thing" reading series on Feb. 12 features authors Rita Billwinkel, Yangsze Choo, Anita Felicelli and Cary Groner reading from their books.

A year after graduating high school, Redwood City resident Jonathan Maldonado has opened his first food truck. “It was never easy to find a hibachi place around the area, especially one open late,” ...

An aerial view of the Palisades Fire devastation at the Palisades Bowl Mobile Home Park on Feb. 8, 2025. Photo by Ted Soqui, SIPA USA via Reuters The Palisades Fire that ignited in January and killed ...

A unique database that enables people to compare standardized test scores among nearly all districts and states found that ...

In summary A key part of California’s Proposition 36 promised to direct people convicted of certain drug crimes to treatment.

California has the nation’s largest population of undocumented immigrants with roughly 1.8 million people. Over the last three decades, Californians’ attitudes about that fact have undergone an ...

In summary Democratic attorneys general have different views on whether the U.S. is in a constitutional crisis during the new Trump administration. California Attorney General Rob Bonta sees a ...