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Florence Middleton
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CalMatters
California showed it was serious about regulating Big Tech in 2025 — and Big Tech showed it was serious about coming to the statehouse and fighting back.
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Wikimedia Commons
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Manuel Orbegozo/CalMattersSan Mateo, California adopted a new approach to mental health 911 calls by pairing police with mental health clinicians. Researchers found that it reduced the number of future mental health emergency calls and involuntary psychiatric holds by roughly 17%. -
Salvador Ochoa/CalMattersSenior Californians in rural communities are dying by suicide at troubling rates—struggling with pain, cut off from doctors and mental health care, with guns at hand. Access to care and safety planning would help, experts say.
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SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty ImagesThe order is the latest in a complex legal battle over the fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a watchdog agency. -
LittleCityLifestylePhotography/Getty ImagesFlu season is off to a rough start this year, according to new CDC data. The virus is spreading faster than in previous years and the surge is likely to get worse. Here's what you need to know.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff
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OPB
Hundreds of bills passed in the first half of 2025 take effect New Year’s Day.
Alex Baumhardt
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Oregon Capital Chronicle
Jane Vaughan
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JPR
The new law responds to a recent crackdown on homeless encampments nationwide, following a 2024 Supreme Court ruling.
Larry Valenzuela
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CalMatters/CatchLight Local
