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Journalists from San Joaquin Valley news site GV Wire posed several of what they considered to be routine factual questions to the state Department of Public Health last week about

OPINION- Bill McEwen, a columnist for San Joaquin Valley news site GV Wire, posed several of what he considered to be routine factual questions to the state Department of Public Health last week about a mysterious laboratory discovered in the small town of Reedley.

CalMatters Commentary - Sunshine is giving way to darkness as California’s politicians and bureaucrats try to make it more difficult for the public and the media to find out what

Sunshine gives way to darkness as politicians and bureaucrats obstruct access and information for media and public

A case involving trustees of the Poway Unified School District coming before the U.S. Supreme Court is shaping up as an important test of the First Amendment.

Consumer advocates say agencies' delays in producing records often exceed their own deadlines

Faced with growing calls for the public release of police disciplinary records, lawmakers in almost every state have grappled with how to balance revealing law enforcement misdeeds and protecting officers’ privacy and safety.

Newsom and other officials became used to operating out of public view and even after the pandemic eased, they continued the same practices.

FREE SPEECHAs we reported on July 26, the Monterey County Weekly has joined the legal battle seeking to unseal reports by neutral, third-party monitors detailing conditions inside Monterey County Jail.

Barack and Michelle Obama have shared touching tributes to their personal chef and friend, Tafari Campbell, who drowned last month.