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Construction workers finish the exterior of an apartment building in downtown Los Angeles on June 18, 2021.
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Elections
There’s a $11.25 billion housing bond on the California ballot this November. Here’s what you should know
Marisa Kendall
Supporters say California desperately needs money to fund housing construction and make a dent in its homelessness and affordability crisis. Critics say bond financing isn’t the way to do it.
Teacher Megan Lambert, 25, left, and kindergarten student Rhoam Summer, 5, both died in the Oct. 15, 2026, Silver Rail Elementary School shooting in Bend, Ore. Police did not release the names of the other two boys, ages 8 and 11, who were killed.
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Law and Justice
Multiple people acted to stop suspected killer in fatal shooting at Bend grade school
Jireh Deng, Jen Baires, Holly Bartholomew, Joni Auden Land, Troy Brynelson, Dirk VanderHart, Bryce Dole, Amelia Templeton, Courtney Sherwood
Ballots are processed at the Washington County Elections Office in Hillsboro, Ore., May 21, 2024.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff
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Elections
Feds intercept ‘suspicious’ package intended for Oregon election office
Julia Shumway
The Martin Luther King Community Hospital in Los Angeles on July 26, 2022.
Pablo Unzueta
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CalMatters
Health and Medicine
California falls short on Medi-Cal fraud, state report says
Jocelyn Wiener
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A child explores the natural environment in a still image captured from the award-winning documentary film, In Our Nature.
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Balraam Singh, 35, eats breakfast with his wife, Nusaa Davii, and their 7-year-old son, Munna, on the pavement outside Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, India. The child is receiving treatment for a heart condition, and the family has been sleeping on the pavement outside the hospital for the past 20 days.
  1. Sidewalk sleepers: They have nowhere else to stay while a loved one is in the hospital
  2. Decades after apartheid, South Africans seek justice for crimes of the past
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Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz gets emotional while speaking during a press conference at Bend Municipal Court after an Oct. 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School.
Eli Imadali
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Law and Justice
Police share details about how the shooter at a Bend elementary school gained access
Jireh Deng, Courtney Sherwood, Troy Brynelson, Dirk VanderHart, Bryce Dole, Kyra Buckley
Police Chief Mike Krantz said the shooter scaled a fence around Silver Rail Elementary moments before the tragedy unfolded.
Candle wax melts onto an attendee’s finger during a vigil at Drake Park after three children and a teacher were killed in a mass shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore. on Oct. 15, 2026. The suspected shooter was a 16-year-old who entered the school and was killed by an armed bystander, bringing the total number of deaths to five.
Eli Imadali
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Bend reels after school shooting leaves 3 children, teacher dead
Emily Cureton Cook, Jireh Deng, Joni Auden Land, Courtney Sherwood
A wide driveway is lined with single-story shipping container homes. They are gray and have white doors and windows.
Jane Vaughan
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Poverty and Homelessness
Grants Pass homeless shelter announces new partnership with local nonprofit
Jane Vaughan
People bring items to Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., Oct. 15, 2026, as the investigation continues at the scene. A shooting occurred at the school, leaving multiple victims, including children, officials say.
Eleanor Moseman
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Breaking News
Bystander in Bend confronted and fatally shot suspected school shooter, officials say
Joni Auden Land, Troy Brynelson, Casey Frizzell, Dirk VanderHart
FILE - Matt lifts up his three-year-old son, Theo, to cast his ballot into the Hillsboro Public Library-Shute Park ballot drop box in May 2026. Election officials are increasingly recommending voters plan to use drop boxes rather than mailing their ballot.
Eli Imadali
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Elections
Oregon elections chief urges early voting as test of USPS service shows slow mail service
Alex Baumhardt
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FILE - The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a news conference, May 4, 2026, in Washington.
Julia Demaree Nikhinson
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Elections
Trump sues California over allegations of noncitizens registering to vote
Jeanne Kuang, Ana B. Ibarra
The Trump administration is demanding records from Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties as it looks for instances of noncitizens voting.
San Diego’s Lake Hodges Dam under repair in fall of 2022. The dam is expected to be replaced in the next decade. The dam, built as a multiple arch design, was completed in 1918, and purchased by the City of San Diego in 1925.
John Gastaldo
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CalMatters
Environment, Energy and Transportation
Dozens of California dams need repair as El Niño winter draws closer
Rachel Becker
FILE - A federal judge has dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking Oregon's unredacted voter rolls. In this Nov. 8, 2022 file photo voters at the Multnomah County Elections Division in Portland.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff
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Elections
Trump pressed states for info on millions of voters in the midterms. It’s mostly failed
Jonathan Shorman
The Alturas Indian Rancheria gas station, located on a federal allotment in Yreka, with the tribe's excavation work in the background on July 15, 2026. The Bureau of Indian affairs says the tribe is trespassing on this property.
Justin Higginbottom
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JPR
Economy and Finance
Alturas Indian Rancheria is entering prediction market business with Kalshi partnership
Justin Higginbottom
The California State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., is seen on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024.
Juliana Yamada, File

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Elections
Prop. 43 would make special taxes harder to pass. That’s the point, say anti-tax advocates
Yue Stella Yu
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