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What a climate of extremes means for low-income, rural California residents

California

One man’s lonely journey through California’s plan to end homelessness

As the number of homeless Californians swell, the state is spending unprecedented dollars to build tens of thousands...

Feb 01, 2022
California

Five challenges in expanding California’s permanent supportive housing — and potential solutions

As the number of homeless Californians swell, the state is spending unprecedented dollars to build tens of thousands...

Feb 01, 2022
California

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
California

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
California

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
California

‘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
California

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
California

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
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