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The top 150 sheepdogs in the U.S. and Canada gathered in rural Modoc County, California, this month for the national sheepdog finals.
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CalMatters
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Ben Margot/AP PhotoPG&E and Southern California Edison routinely blow their deadlines to hook up new solar panels, an advocacy group says. But after years of complaints they have not been punished. -
Fred Greaves/CalMattersThousands of Californians could return to homelessness as the feds reportedly plan to disinvest from permanent housing.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required regular purges of license plate databases and regularly audited how automated plate readers are used. He said the regulations would have impeded criminal investigations. -
U.S. Department of Energy officials under Trump tried put a 10% cap on staff and administrative costs on federally funded sustainable energy and efficiency projects. -
A Supreme Court decision in a Humboldt County case could expand the right to jury trials when fighting fines. -
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from diverting $233 million in homeland security funds away from California and several other states. -
A federal judge sided with UCLA in ordering the Trump administration to restore hundreds of health and science research grants. Even more funding is at stake going forward for UC campuses. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom will have to decide soon if renters can fight eviction if their Social Security checks are disrupted during President Trump’s second term. -
Social Security and Medicare benefits will keep flowing in a government shutdown, but federal employees will be working without pay and delays likely will occur across many services. -
The California governor's new, softened approach to the petroleum industry in the state has some former allies questioning his commitment to climate policy. -
56,000. 2.7 million. 840,000. Why is one of California’s most pressing policy problems so hard to measure? -
Nineteen California campuses are still missing over $5.2 million in canceled humanities grants. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is issuing millions of dollars in new grants, many of which are in celebration of the upcoming 250th anniversary of America’s founding. -
A California law bans immigration enforcement at courthouses. ICE under the Trump administration is detaining people there, anyway, arguing it’s a safe place to apprehend someone. -
Experts worry liberal California will be blacklisted from federal homelessness dollars, effectively counteracting recent progress.
