California’s Rich Are Buying Their Own Firefighters

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Oct 28, 2019 As wildfires rage, climate change exacerbates wealth inequality. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

California Adopts Broadest U.S. Rules for Seizing Guns

DON THOMPSON / The Associated Press Oct 11, 2019 It becomes the first state to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun violence restraining orders against other people. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Homegrown Crisis California Refuses to Own

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jul 5, 2019 One of the wealthiest, most liberal states in America has created a humanitarian emergency that only those who caused it can address. Dig deeper ( 29 Min. Read )

How California Egregiously Failed Its Care Workers

Jennifer Gollan / Reveal May 21, 2019 A new report finds 20 plus companies caring for the elderly, disabled and mentally ill owe more than $1 million in back wages and penalties. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

IPOs Bring Tax Jackpot for California; Can Lawmakers Resist Spending It?

ADAM BEAM / The Associated Press May 5, 2019 The Golden State is estimated to add $1 billion or more to its tax revenue after companies like Uber and Airbnb go public. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Public Banking Revolution Is Upon Us

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Apr 17, 2019 California and Washington are in a race to form the nation's second state-owned bank, a century after the first was established. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Liberal Betrayal of America’s Most Vulnerable

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 30, 2019 Author Tony Platt explains how mass incarceration has allowed Republicans and Democrats alike to demonize large swaths of American society. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )

Did Jerry Brown Let an Innocent Man Languish on Death Row?

Narda Zacchino / Los Angeles Times Jan 30, 2019 DNA tests could reveal whether Kevin Cooper was wrongly convicted. California's former governor waited eight years to order them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Street Vending Is Legal in Los Angeles After a Decade of Organizing

Adolf Alzuphar and Ivy Beach / Waging Nonviolence Jan 4, 2019 The ruling, which went into effect Jan. 1, marks an important victory for economic and immigrant justice in the city. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Podcasting Offers California Inmate Unlikely Path to Freedom

OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ / The Associated Press Jan 2, 2019 Walter "Earlonne" Woods has seen his prison sentence commuted thanks, in part, to his work on the wildly successful "Ear Hustle." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

California Officer’s Killing Reignites Sanctuary Law Fight

OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JOCELYN GECKER / The Associated Press Dec 29, 2018 Gov. Brown's spokesman says the law "fully permits the sharing of information on dangerous gang members," contradicting a sheriff's charge. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

California Gov. Brown Orders New DNA Tests in Kevin Cooper Case

KATHLEEN RONAYNE and DON THOMPSON / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dec 24, 2018 Death row inmate Cooper and his attorneys say the tests will show he was framed for the killings of four people in 1983. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )