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CA borrows $3.4B to cover Medi-Cal budget gap
State Sen. Roger Niello holds a news conference in the rotunda of the state Capitol in Sacramento on March 13, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters To cover a budget gap in Medi-Cal — which ...
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California is borrowing billions to pay for Medi-Cal. Is immigrant coverage at risk?
In summary California is spending more than it expected on Medi-Cal and Republican lawmakers are pointing to coverage expansions that benefited immigrant households. The California health care program ...
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A loophole in California law makes it hard to prosecute threats against schools. Will lawmakers close it?
In summary After a man threatened an elementary school in her district, Assemblymember Darshana Patel wants to close a loophole in the law that makes it harder to prosecute threats against places than ...
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Playing political Whac-A-Mole as issue of bond measure language pops up again
The California Legislature is often the arena for games of political Whac-A-Mole. A piece of controversial legislation fails to clear all of the Capitol’s procedural hurdles and appears to die, but ...
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Friends, colleagues remember former Weekly editor, Jay Thorwaldson
Jay Thorwaldson, a journalist who covered Palo Alto and the greater Peninsula area for nearly half a century and whose work ...
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Shrouded in negativity – Palo Alto school staff, board members speak out against ongoing controversy
After months of controversy following the contentious ethnic studies meeting, staff maintain that board member Rowena Chiu ...
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California, other states sue to halt massive layoffs at U.S. Department of Education
In summary Under Trump’s directive the Department of Education laid off half its staff. The lawsuit argues Trump has no authority to make such drastic changes. California and 19 other states plus ...
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Arts briefs: L.A. fires fundraiser show; rap and reggaeton pop-up, world premiere choral concert and more
Music of all kinds is in the air this week, from a fundraiser concert for L.A. fire relief to the world premiere of a new choral work; from a pop-up event highlighting rap and reggaeton to a nearly ...
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What to know about two new measles cases in CA
A measles poster at the Venice Family Clinic in Los Angeles on Feb. 5, 2015. Photo by Lucy Nicholson, Reuters From CalMatters health reporter Ana B. Ibarra: California public health officials are ...
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California has 30 new proposals to rein in AI. Trump could complicate them
In summary President Trump is taking a very different approach to AI than the Biden administration, and it could affect how California regulates artificial intelligence. AI can get rid of racist ...
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‘This will make our town uninhabitable’: The long-awaited Delta tunnel strikes fear in locals
In summary The governor’s planned $20 billion tunnel to divert more water south and bypass the Delta would bring years of construction noise, pollution and traffic. Residents worry their rural farm ...
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A CHP officer thought a stroke victim was on drugs. Years later, his family gets permission to sue
In summary A family can sue the California Highway Patrol over an incident in which an officer missed the signs of an accident victim’s stroke and arrested him. Six years ago, a federal judge decided ...