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When home burns, and your job is to cover it

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
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
ON THE GROUND IN FRESNO, CA

Should cops be in schools? Police reforms divide a community in California.

FRESNO, Calif. — At 9 p.m. in late August the Fresno Police Reform Commission was four hours into...

Oct 01, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN SACRAMENTO, CA

In California, new effort launched to teach dark history of anti-Chinese bigotry

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When he went to the annual Sacramento Archives Crawl in October, Diego Leibman didn’t expect...

Sep 24, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN MODESTO, CA

Why this 14-year-old California girl is the changing face of the Golden State

MODESTO, Calif. – Alani Magaña looks, acts and talks like a typical Stanislaus County 14-year-old because she is...

Sep 23, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN CAMARILLO, CA

Turning the page: Ventura County students call for reading list diversity

CAMARILLO, Calif. – Civil unrest in June following George Floyd’s death catalyzed young adults in Ventura County high...

Sep 15, 2020
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