The Doug LaMalfa I covered: Authentic, cranky and deeply caring
After the sudden death of U.S. Rep Doug LaMalfa, a CalMatters reporter who covered him for 20 years reflects on his life and legacy.
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What veto drama and a Texas trip tell us about a potential shift in California’s homelessness strategy
California is under pressure to embrace more temporary homeless shelters and programs that require sobriety, at the potential expense of long-term housing.
California educators’ First Amendment rights face test in wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing
Teachers have come under scrutiny for speech made online and in classrooms
Reading, Riding and RABA
The Redding area bus system sees local partnerships as a way to expand services and programs to the community. One of those partnerships has resulted in free rides to libraries, book exchange baskets on local buses, and a little free library at the downtown Redding transit station.
Trump attacks a key strategy for California schools: Flagging racial disparities in discipline
Experts say the executive order threatening to withhold funding from schools doesn’t have much bearing on California schools — for now.
License to Kill
The California DMV routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways. Too often they go on to kill. Many keep driving even after they kill. Some go on to kill again.
What veto drama and a Texas trip tell us about a potential shift in California’s homelessness strategy
California is under pressure to embrace more temporary homeless shelters and programs that require sobriety, at the potential expense of long-term housing.
California educators’ First Amendment rights face test in wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing
Teachers have come under scrutiny for speech made online and in classrooms
Reading, Riding and RABA
The Redding area bus system sees local partnerships as a way to expand services and programs to the community. One of those partnerships has resulted in free rides to libraries, book exchange baskets on local buses, and a little free library at the downtown Redding transit station.
Trump attacks a key strategy for California schools: Flagging racial disparities in discipline
Experts say the executive order threatening to withhold funding from schools doesn’t have much bearing on California schools — for now.
License to Kill
The California DMV routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways. Too often they go on to kill. Many keep driving even after they kill. Some go on to kill again.