23+ hour, 23+ min ago   (398+ words) Mayor Christina Fugazi doubled down in a Saturday town hall in calling for the city charter to be updated. “The things that we’re dealing with in 2026 need to be updated,” Fugazi said during the event at Troke branch library. “We…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (784+ words) This story originally appeared in The Center Square. California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has announced $34.9 million in grants to nonprofits and labor unions that will help “at-risk” or undocumented workers understand their rights, including hundreds of thousands of dollars…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1232+ words) The Stockton Police Officers’ Association says political turmoil at City Hall is pulling officers away from regular assignments and creating conditions that could threaten the stability of the Police Department. In a lengthy Facebook statement, SPOA said officers have been…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (815+ words) As Gov. Gavin Newsom weighs whether to require data centers to disclose how much water they use, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says concerns over AI’s water use don’t hold “up to any scrutiny.” On the Sources Podcast with Alex Heath…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (475+ words) This story was originally reported by Mariel Padilla of The 19th. Meet Mariel and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. California is set to end child marriage – years after more than a third of the nation had…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1116+ words) This article first appeared in EdSource. Nearly 86,000 of California’s children ages 0 to 3 — more than 5% of the state’s infants and toddlers — are estimated to have experienced homelessness in 2023-24, according to new data analysis by SchoolHouse Connection and Poverty Solutions at the…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (912+ words) Come 5 p.m., as spurts from flying water balloons erupted on the lawn, Frank Moppins would be on its edge, at a booth crowded with lawn chairs. Much of his family lounged there as they talked. Some, like his sister, Velma Ross,…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (921+ words) California lawmakers wrestled with a difficult question earlier this summer: Could the state safely share driver’s license data with a national group, as the federal government demanded, without exposing more than a million people to immigration and law enforcement agencies?...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (566+ words) Former Stockton City Council candidate Desiree Lynch was arraigned Wednesday on six felony charges, including a newly filed charge of possessing an assault weapon that prosecutors said was found during the search of a north Stockton residence. Lynch appeared in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (931+ words) Farmers have relied on plastic since the 1960s, when the mass production of affordable agricultural tools derived from petrochemicals made them widely accessible. Plastic mulch quickly became a cornerstone of crop production, helping farmers boost yields of everything from corn to…...