She lost her home. She doesn’t want to lose her city council seat
OJAI — On a pleasant June evening, in the airy chambers of the quaint Mission Revival city hall, the council gathered to …
A failure to communicate: California government cuts back press access
Like so much else about California, its state government is large: A $300 billion budget. More than 230 departments and agencies. More …
Emerald Triangle communities were built on cannabis. Legalization has pushed them to the brink
HAYFORK — It’s shortly before 8 a.m. and a touch above freezing at the Trinity County Fairgrounds. The food bank’s February distribution …
‘Dream big’: Cannabis workers search for new futures as Emerald Triangle economy withers
GARBERVILLE — Leann Greene’s rose-colored glasses are scratched, cracked, sitting askew, but still firmly planted on her face during her latest monthly …
Buried treasure: California politicians stash $35 million in leftover campaign cash
It has been nearly eight years since Bill Lockyer held elected office in California. For more than four decades, he climbed the …
Hope and prayer: California churches battle abortion ballot measure
From the pulpit of the bright and airy Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, Father Bao Thai delivered a homily on a recent …
Inside the team pioneering California’s red flag law
There were four more requests for gun violence restraining orders on Jeff Brooker’s desk when he arrived at the San Diego City …
Force multipliers: How one donor network is pushing the envelope on California campaign money
Sift through the campaign contributions to Robert Rivas, the Salinas Democrat angling to become the next speaker of the California Assembly, and …
California’s next cannabis battle may be coming to a city near you
Working regular overnight shifts has distorted Samantha Kadera’s sleep schedule, so the emergency room doctor smokes cannabis a few times a week …
‘People don’t think clearly in crisis:’ California law enforcement turns to mental health clinicians on toughest 911 calls
The man sat silently on a cluster of boulders when the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office mobile crisis team pulled up. His phone, …