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The CoreCivic California City Immigration Processing Center in California City on Sep. 22, 2025. Photo by Miguel Vasconcellos for CalMatters
A fireplace remains standing from a home that was burned down by the Eaton Fire in the Altadena and Pasadena area on Jan. 8, 2025. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMatters
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State workers and city residents walk through downtown Sacramento on the morning of July 15, 2026. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
Cal State San Bernardino campus on April 22, 2024. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMatters
A state agency office in downtown Sacramento on July 15, 2026. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
University of California research professors allege federal agencies illegally cancelled nearly $2 billion in research grants. A student holds a pipette in a lab at Cal State San Marcos on May 6, 2025. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters
Students walk through the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on Feb. 18, 2022. Photo by Raquel Natalicchio for CalMatters
The sun sets behind a row of transmission towers as temperatures rise to a scorching 114 degrees in Fresno County on Sept. 6, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officer opens the gate for an incarcerated person leaving the exercise yard at San Quentin State Prison's death row in San Quentin on Aug. 15, 2016. Photo by Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
Assemblymember Greg Wallis speaks before lawmakers during the first Assembly floor session of the year at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Jan. 6, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters
Teacher Katy Reese, center, works with students in a literacy class at Oakland International High School in Oakland on March 7, 2025. Photo by Florence Middleton for CalMatters
The suns peaks over the California Public Employees Retirement System's building in Sacramento, on Sept. 6, 2022. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo
Students practice facial massage at a cosmetology school in Los Angeles. Some graduates of cosmetology programs earn less than $20,000 annually, four years after finishing school. Photo by Bob Chamberlin, Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
An illustration in purple gradient tones depicting the silhouette of three people inside a jail cell. The person in the middle sits on a bench with their hand resting on their chin. The two other people stand facing the person sitting down with intimidating postures.
Campers from YMCA Camp Surf walk towards the water at Mission Beach in San Diego on July 2, 2026. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters
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An electric vehicle charging station at an apartment complex in Fresno on Aug 1, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
The sun sets behind a row of transmission towers as temperatures rise to a scorching 114 degrees in Fresno County on Sept. 6, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
A guard escorts an immigrant detainee at Adelanto in 2013. Photo by John Moore, Getty Images
Students from International Community Elementary School and Think College Now Elementary School play near the Cesar Chavez Living Schoolyard during recess in Oakland on April 29, 2024. Photo by Laure Andrillon for CalMatters
CalMatters reporter Yue Stella Yu and other journalists regularly use public records, in this case a proposed state budget on May 14, 2026. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
An aerial view of a data center in Vernon on Oct. 20, 2025. Photo by Mario Tama, Getty Images
Students practice facial massage at a cosmetology school in Los Angeles. Some graduates of cosmetology programs earn less than $20,000 annually, four years after finishing school. Photo by Bob Chamberlin, Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Prediction markets are becoming mainstream. An ad for the Kalshi app is displayed on a mobile phone on April 16, 2026. Photo by Erin Hooley, AP Photo
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An incarcerated person inside Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles on Feb. 22, 2018. Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images
A firefighter walks through a prescribed burn area at the Sugar Pine Point State Park near Lake Tahoe on Sept. 25, 2024. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry talks before lawmakers during a floor session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on April 24, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters
Students walk through the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on Feb. 18, 2022. Photo by Raquel Natalicchio for CalMatters
The Paramount Pictures water tower with the Hollywood sign in the distance in Los Angeles on Dec. 18, 2025. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP Photo
An illustration in orange and black tones depicting the silhouette of three people inside a jail cell. The person in the middle sits on a bench with their hand resting on their chin. The two other people stand facing the person sitting down with intimidating postures.
An illustration in purple gradient tones depicting the silhouette of three people inside a jail cell. The person in the middle sits on a bench with their hand resting on their chin. The two other people stand facing the person sitting down with intimidating postures.
People ride bicycles and e-bikes through campus at the University of California, Davis on Oct. 3, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
New housing construction in Elk Grove on July 8, 2022. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters
The suns peaks over the California Public Employees Retirement System's building in Sacramento, on Sept. 6, 2022. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo
A student takes an online SAT practice test on March 6, 2024. Photo by Butch Dill, AP Photo
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The California Public Employees Retirement System’s building in Sacramento on Sept. 6, 2022. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo
Campers from YMCA Camp Surf walk towards the water at Mission Beach in San Diego on July 2, 2026. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters
Kaiser Permanente advice nurse Raquel Alvarez Sanchez works from her home office in Santa Rosa on April 6, 2026. Kaiser Permanente nurses have raised concerns about the growing use of AI to monitor their work ahead of upcoming contract negotiations. Photo by Chad Surmick for CalMatters
CalFire firefighters cut a fire line during an uncontrolled fire using hand tools and chain saws at the Hughes Fire in Castaic, on Jan. 22, 2025. Photo by David McNew, Getty Images
A University of California campus police officer pushes a pro-Palestinian protester away from a moving San Diego Sheriff's bus with arrested protesters onboard at UC San Diego in San Diego on May 6, 2024. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters
New housing construction in Elk Grove on July 8, 2022. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at the state Capitol before signing into law his oil profit penalty plan in Sacramento on March 28, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
A California penal code book at the Placer County Superior Court in Roseville, on Jan. 23, 2026. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
A PG&E crew works to install underground power lines in Sonoma County on June 13, 2022. Photo by Haven Daley, AP Photo
A semi-automatic pistol at the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Services Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. on March 2, 2023. Photo by Alex Brandon, AP Photo
CalFire firefighters cut a fire line during an uncontrolled fire using hand tools and chain saws at the Hughes Fire in Castaic, on Jan. 22, 2025. Photo by David McNew, Getty Images
Kaiser Permanente advice nurse Raquel Alvarez Sanchez works from her home office in Santa Rosa on April 6, 2026. Kaiser Permanente nurses have raised concerns about the growing use of AI to monitor their work ahead of upcoming contract negotiations. Photo by Chad Surmick for CalMatters
A voter receives their ballot at Chico State’s Bell Memorial Union in Chico on June 2, 2026. Photo by Salvador Ochoa for CalMatters
Students walk through campus at UC San Diego on Sept. 22, 2025. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters
Students in a classroom in Oakland on Sept. 23, 2024. Photo by Laure Andrillon for CalMatters
A blue wheelchair accessibility symbol marks an accessible parking space. Photo via iStock
University of California campus police officers line up at a pro-Palestinian protest at UC San Diego in San Diego on May 6, 2024. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters
A Los Angeles police officer puts up police tape at a crime scene outside a grocery store on Dec. 7, 2024. Photo by Mark Abramson for CalMatters
A student eats lunch at a school in San Diego on May 5, 2025. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters
Jessica Scott, 35, and her pitbull, Baby Girl, inside their new apartment in Sacramento on July 1, 2026. Photo by Louis Bryant III for CalMatters