San José Inches Closer to Ranked Choice Voting — but Only in Some City Elections
The City Council punted a plan to ask voters to allow ranked choice voting until 2028, citing concerns about the…
California Lawmaker Warns Faster Vote Count Would Disenfranchise Voters
Assemblymember Gail Pellerin pushes back on criticisms of the California's vote-counting process, arguing it is working exactly as it should.
San Francisco Supervisor Jackie Fielder Plans to Return to Office After Mental Health Crisis
San Francisco Supervisor Jackie Fielder will return to office on June 29 after taking a three-month leave of absence related…
This Corpse Flower Smells Like Death and People Love It
Scarlet, the famous corpse flower at San Francisco’s Conservatory of Flowers, is expected to bloom any day now. Here’s how…
As Waves Pound Pacifica, Surfers Pitch a Reef to Defend the Shore
Pacifica surfers hope that an artificial reef could slow waves, widen beaches, fight erosion and create an epic surf spot.
San José State Professor Fired Over Campus Gaza Protests To Win Back Job
Sang Hea Kil is one of the first full-time, tenured professors to be fired from a public U.S. university in…
California Gave Every Student in Prison a Laptop. How Community Colleges Are Using Them
California prisons have given 30,000 laptops to incarcerated students. Inmates say using technology prepares them to enter the workforce.
LA Mayor’s Race May Become a ‘Slugfest’ Between Former Allies
Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman both call themselves progressive Democrats, but they will need to draw sharper…
New Commission Takes Aim at California’s Broken Public Defense System
California is one of just two states that provides no money for the basic defense of poor people accused of…
5 Things to Know About California’s New Billionaire Tax Measure
A healthcare workers union is pushing a one-time 5% tax on the state's roughly 200 billionaires to offset federal Medicaid…