As the number of homeless Californians swell, the state is spending unprecedented dollars to build tens of thousands...
Feb 01, 2022
San Bernardino residents’ quest for fresh, healthy food as COVID-19 persists
SAN BERNADINO, Calif. – Around 11 a.m. Cyrilene begins organizing the kitchen at the Highland Senior Center, as...
Nov 19, 2021
Lavish weddings are back, but vendors are struggling with costs, labor shortages—and tracking down tents
Matt Rowland has been planning events on the North Coast of California for almost 40 years. But the...
Nov 12, 2021
When home burns, and your job is to cover it
This dispatch is part of a collaboration with The Associated Press as part of our series On the Ground with Report for...
Mar 22, 2021
‘Why am I still here?’ Finding hope in human connections even when the pandemic robs us of purpose
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Julia Weaver lives in the building adjacent to mine. Hummingbirds are frequent visitors on...
Mar 18, 2021
How California’s Central Valley plans to become new tech hot spot
MODESTO, Calif. — Alejandro Alcazar had been working as a digital marketing coordinator for about a year when...
Mar 11, 2021
Faced with a health crisis and pandemic-induced recession, Latino elected officials fight for a voice
SACRAMENTO — For Sacramento City Councilman Eric Guerra, the pandemic is another reminder of how Latino communities are...
Dec 15, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN REDDING, CA
California’s Shasta County seeks to improve Native students’ relationship with public school education
REDDING, Calif. – Gabby Gensaw, a 19-year-old freshman at Shasta College, remembers sitting in her high school history...
Dec 01, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN SILICON VALLEY, CA
In California, people lived on the edge of homelessness before COVID-19. Now, it’s worse.
SILICON VALLEY, Calif. — Sarah Rivas was barely making rent since she’d move to Sunnyvale, in Silicon Valley,...
Oct 15, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA
In San Francisco, voters to decide if noncitizens can serve on city boards
SAN FRANCISCO — In 2006, amid the typical post-New Year’s frenzy at Pier 39 — kids spinning on...
Oct 08, 2020
