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The state is directly investing money for lower-income students and all newborns to attend college. After 2 years, the program is still not widely known by the students who need the most financial assistance.

A battle over a clinic in Beverly Hills that lost its office lease is showing the limits of California abortion access.

More of the state’s high school students are enrolling in career pathway programs for skilled, high-wage jobs. Story from @CalMatters.

Sarabjit Singh's latest series "In the Land of Five Rivers” is about the Punjab and how life was before the Partition

Two top California universities have new leaders after the UC board of regents picked Berkeley’s next chancellor.

Local author and writer Kalpana Mohan spoke about books in translation at the Saratoga Library in Saratoga, Calif. on April 6, 2024,

Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged to address a rise in jail deaths early in his administration. Since then, fentanyl overdoses and suicides have death rates at historic highs. Story from @CalMatters.

Each day someone at Patton State Hospital handed Fredreaka Jack her medication: three pills to manage her schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, one or two

It was clear 37-year-old Fredreaka Jack needed intense mental and physical health care. Yet California’s publicly funded parole system failed to make sure she got it.

It was clear 37-year-old Fredreaka Jack needed intense mental and physical health care. Yet California’s publicly funded parole system failed to make sure she got it.