Deborah Sullivan Brennan
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Californian, Mama Bear, Staff writer for Cal Matters and Voice of San Diego
Why did artillery misfire rain shrapnel over a California freeway at Marine Base Camp Pendleton? State leaders want answers:
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What went wrong when Marines fired over Interstate 5? California leaders demand answers
California lawmakers are demanding answers after a live fire event over Camp Pendleton Saturday led to a misfire that rained shrapnel on I-5.
https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/10/live-fire-shrapnel-lawmakers-trump/
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The Marines threw a birthday party at Camp Pendleton. California leaders are asking why an artillery misfire spoiled the party:
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What went wrong when Marines fired over Interstate 5? California leaders demand answers
California lawmakers are demanding answers after a live fire event over Camp Pendleton Saturday led to a misfire that rained shrapnel on I-5.
https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/10/live-fire-shrapnel-lawmakers-trump/
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This San Diego preschool is dedicated to children who have experienced abuse and trauma. You can see their images and stories in this piece by CalMatters' Adriana Heldiz:
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How the tiniest domestic violence survivors are healing with the help of this preschool
A preschool in San Diego focuses on children who've experienced trauma, the "little guys". Mi Escuelita now has a long record of helping kids and families move forward.
https://calmatters.org/education/2025/10/mi-escuelita-preschool-trauma/
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Pleased to announce the release of "Incurable: Stories from the World of Cure," an anthology of shape-shifter stories, featuring my short story about two shape-shifting best friends, their second skins and a harrowing fight for their lives. Now on Amazon:
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Incurable: Stories from the World of Cure
Incurable: Stories from the World of Cure [White, Benjamin, Purdon, Jerry, Sarkar, Neepa, Scott, Patrick, Ness, Katie, Raymond, Keith, Brennan, Deborah, Morris, Cris, Abbud, Trevor, Kastner, Lisa Diane] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Incurable: Stories from the World of Cure
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San Diego County is bracing for a hard blow from the federal shutdown. Here's why:
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This California city will feel the government shutdown more than any other. Here's why
San Diego County is bracing for missed paychecks and the possibility of a run on food banks as the federal shutdown extends into its second week.
https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/10/san-diego-county-military-shutdown/
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Foreign travel is down at California airports, except this one:
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Can San Diego Airport’s new $3.8 billion terminal stem sliding tourism?
As California tourism has dipped due to decreases in foreign travel and worsening international exchange rates, San Diego visitors have remained steady.
https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/10/san-diego-tourism-california-slide/
18 days ago
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Sen. Alex Padilla at San Diego Immigration Court: "This should not be a trap."
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Sen. Alex Padilla visits San Diego immigration court: 'This should not be a trap'
The California senator visited immigration court in San Diego and said he wanted to observe the issues that people face in proceedings.
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/09/alex-padilla-visits-san-diego-immigration-court/
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The old San Diego Airport Terminal 1 was nicknamed "The Thunderdome." The new one will undoubtedly be called "The Jellyfish."
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After years of construction, San Diego Airport's Terminal 1 opened this week. Here's a peak:
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The Hell's Kitchen lithium projects promises a motherlode of critical minerals. Critics want promises of community benefits and environmental safety.
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When lithium mining starts, who benefits, and who’s at risk? Inside this Salton Sea case.
Critics of a proposed lithium mine near the Salton Sea entered round two of a fight to force stricter environmental review of the project.
https://calmatters.org/environment/2025/09/when-lithium-mining-starts-who-benefits-and-whos-at-risk-inside-this-salton-sea-case/
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Countdown to California's redistricting election begins. The battle over voting districts:
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Sacramento Report: Countdown to California’s Redistricting Election
Democrats and Republicans gear up for battle over voting maps.
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/09/12/sacramento-report-countdown-to-californias-redistricting-election/
about 1 month ago
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California's CEQA reform law aims to spur home-building. Business leaders say there's a hidden fee that could make homes more expensive:
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Sacramento Report: This Law Aimed to Cut Housing Prices. A Hidden Fee Could Raise Them
Home-builders object to a section buried in the lengthy, last-minute bill to reform CEQA.
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/09/05/sacramento-report-this-law-aimed-to-cut-housing-prices-a-hidden-fee-could-raise-them/
about 2 months ago
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This rural hospital almost closed. Emergency state funding is keeping it open, but for how long?
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This rural hospital almost closed. Emergency state funding is keeping it open, but for how long?
The closure of rural hospitals is a looming problem across California. Two lawmakers are urging the state try and save a hospital in Blythe.
https://calmatters.org/health/2025/09/blythe-hospital-possible-closure/
about 2 months ago
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California scaled back its landmark environmental law, CEQA, to spur housing production. Business leaders say that could help... a little:
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Sacramento Report: CEQA Reform Is a First Step, Not a Gamechanger
San Diego leaders say carve-outs to the environmental law will help small housing projects.
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/08/29/sacramento-report-ceqa-reform-is-a-first-step-not-a-gamechanger/
about 2 months ago
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This prison is slated to close next year. City officials want to make it a luxury hotel:
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Back to the future: Will this California prison become a luxury hotel again?
When it closes next year, Norco city leaders hope to restore the correctional facility to an upscale resort again.
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/08/norco-prison-hotel-restoration/
about 2 months ago
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California gas prices are set to spike. Here's how it happened, and what politicians want to do:
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Sacramento Report: State Leaders Are Scrambling to Lower Gas Prices
California may face sticker shock at the gas pump, as electric vehicle programs stall.
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/08/22/sacramento-report-state-leaders-are-scrambling-to-lower-gas-prices/
2 months ago
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Newsom just took the nuclear option. Republican Rep. Darrell Issa's San Diego district is in the blast zone:
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Sacramento Report: Newsom Puts Issa’s District in the Blast Zone
California lawmakers want to flip red seats blue after Texas pushes a redistricting plan to elect more Republicans.
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/08/15/sacramento-report-newsom-puts-issas-district-in-the-blast-zone/
2 months ago
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Common Cause is backing down on fighting California's redistricting in response to Texas' plan to flip blue seats red: Common Cause: "We won’t call for unilateral political disarmament in the face of authoritarianism."
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At 30+ years in Congress, Ken Calvert is the longest-serving Republican congressman. Gavin Newsom's plan could end that:
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This Republican lawmaker has served CA for decades. Newsom’s plan could end his dominance.
Calvert narrowly held his seat in his last election. This year he faces eight challengers, and the possibility that his area could be redrawn to give Democratic candidates the advantage.
https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/08/ken-calvert-seat-redistricting/
2 months ago
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California scaled back a landmark environmental law to speed up construction. Will it spur home-building?
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Sacramento Report: How CEQA Reforms Will Impact Homebuilding in San Diego
Will changes to the California Environmental Quality Act spur home-building?
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/07/25/sacramento-report-how-ceqa-reforms-will-impact-homebuilding-in-san-diego/
3 months ago
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Inland Empire students graduate from high school at record rates. But most don't go to college. Educators are trying to fix that:
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This group has one of California’s highest graduation rates. So why are they skipping college?
A report by the Public Policy Institute of California looked at why IE students fall behind and what educators can do for students.
https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2025/07/inland-empire-college-rates/
3 months ago
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California Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh, a Republican and daughter of immigrants, wants Trump to reform rules for immigrant workers. Will he listen?
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A Republican lawmaker seeks new rules for immigrant workers. Will Trump listen?
The Redlands Republican wrote to leaders in Washington asking them to issue “expedited work permits to the millions of undocumented immigrants who are considered essential workers”
https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/07/trump-immigration-state-sen-ochoa/
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Nuclear waste has been stashed on the beach at San Onofre for decades. Now costs are climbing to remove it:
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Sacramento Report: Costs Are Climbing for Nuclear Waste Disposal at San Onofre
Lawmakers and residents call on federal regulators to speed up nuclear waste disposal.
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/07/18/sacramento-report-costs-are-climbing-for-nuclear-waste-disposal-at-san-onofre/
3 months ago
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California Republican Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh beseeches Trump to let law-abiding immigrant workers stay:
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An Inland Empire Republican lawmaker wants to update rules for immigrant workers. Will Trump listen?
The Redlands Republican wrote to leaders in Washington asking them to issue “expedited work permits to the millions of undocumented immigrants who are considered essential workers”
https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/07/trump-immigration-state-sen-ochoa/
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California Republicans weigh in on immigration raids:
voiceofsandiego.org/2025/07/11/s...
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Sacramento Report: Republican Lawmakers Want Trump to Scale Back Some Deportations
California lawmakers are urging President Donald Trump to update rules for farm and hospitality workers.
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/07/11/sacramento-report-republican-lawmakers-want-trump-to-scale-back-some-deportations/
4 months ago
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South Bay San Diego wants to build a film hub. Can state support help?
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Sacramento Report: A Push to Bring Filmmaking to San Diego
The Chula Vista Entertainment Complex helped lead efforts to expand film tax credits to independent studios.
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/07/04/sacramento-report-a-chula-vista-film-studio-wants-to-lure-filmmaking-to-san-diego/
4 months ago
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Biden declared the Chucwalla Monument in his final days in office. Trump might get rid of it:
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Trump administration may revoke designation for new Chuckwalla National Monument
The Trump administration may look to reverse the monument designation for the Chuckwalla Monument after the Department of Justice cleared the way changes to 625,000 acres in Riverside County.
https://calmatters.org/environment/2025/07/chuckwalla-national-monument-inland-empire/
4 months ago
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Church property is now fair game for Trump's ICE raids:
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ICE targets men on Inland Empire church grounds
Church officials complained after several men on the grounds of two Inland Empire Catholic churches were detained by immigration enforcement officers.
https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2025/07/ice-targets-immigrants-church-grounds/
4 months ago
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If you have a student in your life who graduated during the pandemic, you know what a rocky transition that was. Please read and share this story on their experience starting college during lockdown:
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Pandemic graduates: They had no prom, no pomp and circumstance, and started college on Zoom
Five years after COVID shut down most California high schools, today's college students describe a difficult transition to adulthood.
https://calmatters.org/education/2025/06/pandemic-graduates-california/
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Marines are stationed on the California border at Campo, my colleague Wendy Fry reports:
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Marines are now stationed on the California border. Newsom's office calls it 'mission creep'
As the Trump administration cracks down on undocumented immigrants deep in the country, it's sending Marines and soldiers to patrol the border.
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/06/marines-border-patrol/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjCbvYILMJ-8_wIwkr6HBA&utm_content=rundown
4 months ago
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San Diego environmental leaders weigh in on how new housing and energy legislation could affect your household:
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Sacramento Report: These Bills Could Impact Household Expenses
San Diego environmental experts give their take on housing and energy legislation.
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/06/27/sacramento-report-these-bills-could-impact-household-expenses/
4 months ago
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Five years later: How high school graduates of the pandemic survived the rocky transition to college:
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Pandemic graduates: They had no prom, no pomp and circumstance, and started college on Zoom
Five years after COVID shut down most California high schools, today's college students describe a difficult transition to adulthood.
https://calmatters.org/education/2025/06/pandemic-graduates-california/
4 months ago
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The fight over state vs. federal powers: “It’s not normal at all to have U.S. troops policing the streets. That’s something people are rightly responding to with great concern."
voiceofsandiego.org/2025/06/13/s...
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Sacramento Report: The Fight Over State vs. Federal Powers
A federal judge sided with California leaders, saying the Trump administration overstepped its bounds sending Marines and National Guard Troops to police local protests.
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/06/13/sacramento-report-the-fight-over-state-vs-federal-powers/
4 months ago
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My colleague Jakob McWhinney explains how immigration raids here in San Diego are affecting kids in school:
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The Learning Curve: ICE Arrest in Oceanside Highlights Impact of Immigration Crackdown
On Tuesday morning a father dropped his child off for the second to last day of the school year. He wasn’t there to pick them up.
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/06/11/the-learning-curve-ice-arrest-in-oceanside-highlights-impact-of-immigration-crackdown/
5 months ago
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Here's the NY Times coverage. Very different angles on the same story:
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Live Updates: Trump Sends Marines to L.A. on 4th Day of Immigration Protests
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/09/us/la-protests-immigration-ice-trump
5 months ago
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Here's an LA Times story on the LA immigration protests and National Guard deployment:
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Breakdown between Trump and Newsom fueling Los Angeles crisis
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump called in the National Guard with the expectation that it would 'hopefully prevent and deter some of this violence.'
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-06-09/trump-newsom-arrest-national-guard-los-angeles-unrest-ice-raids
5 months ago
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Brennan Center and Cato Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a case challenging President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act, amid military response to immigration protests:
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Rep. Ken Calvert holds a key California swing seat: 8 candidates are running it:
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Eight candidates take run at longtime lawmaker in Inland Empire's swing district
Rep. Ken Calvert has represented the 41st Congressional District more than 30 years, but redistricting has made his seat is competitive.
https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/05/inland-empire-election-congress/
5 months ago
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California is the 4th largest economy in the world. What that means:
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Sacramento Report: California’s Economy Ranks 4th in the World
California’s economy is the fourth largest in the world, surpassing most countries with a state gross domestic product of $4.1 trillion, which measures the total value of goods and services […]
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/05/23/sacramento-report-californias-economy-ranks-4th-in-the-world/
5 months ago
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Homelessness drops in San Diego for the first time since 2020:
voiceofsandiego.org/2025/05/20/a...
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Annual Census: Homelessness Down 7% Countywide
The Regional Task Force on Homelessness tallied a drop in overall homelessness throughout most of the county during its January census.
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/05/20/annual-census-homelessness-down-7-countywide/
5 months ago
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Trade and transportation jobs are lagging in the Inland Empire, America's distribution center:
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Inland Empire lost trade and transportation jobs, but is it too early to blame tariffs?Inland Empire lost trade and transportation jobs, but it’s too early to blame tariffs
Unemployment in the Inland Empire ticked up to 4.9% last month, above the state average, with jobs lost in logistics but a few gains elsewhere.
https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/05/inland-empire-jobs-loss/
5 months ago
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How the California bar exam turned into a days-long disaster:
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Sacramento Report: Software Glitches and AI Fails Hit California Bar Exam
On his second attempt at the notoriously tough California bar exam in February, Zack Defazio-Farrell was confident about his prospects. The University of San Diego Law School graduate had spent […]
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/05/16/sacramento-report-software-glitches-and-ai-fails-hit-california-bar-exam/
5 months ago
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Salton Sea residents want a say in their lithium future:
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Geologically rich but economically poor, Salton Sea communities want a say in their lithium future
The Salton Sea will be key for California's renewable energy economy. Lawmakers want future investments to also benefit local communities.
https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2025/05/salton-sea-communities-lithium-investment/
5 months ago
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"We are nobody’s opposition. We’re also nobody’s cheerleader. Our loyalty is to the truth and to a public that deserves to know it." NYT publisher on what journalists do and the risks of losing that:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
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Opinion | A.G. Sulzberger: A Free People Need a Free Press
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/opinion/ag-sulzberger-free-press.html
6 months ago
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Inmate firefighters helped extinguish LA Fires. A California lawmaker wants to help them get jobs after release:
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Inmate firefighters battled LA’s wildfire; a lawmaker may help launch their careers
Inmate firefighters say their criminal records make it hard to get a regular firefighting job once they're out. A new bill can smooth the way.
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/05/inmate-firefighters/
6 months ago
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Cuts to Cal State and UC campuses could freeze efforts to enroll more California students:
voiceofsandiego.org/2025/05/02/s...
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Sacramento Report: Universities Tighten Belts as State Slashes Funding
Budget cuts could stall efforts to enroll more California students.
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/05/02/sacramento-report-universities-tighten-belts-as-state-slashes-funding/
6 months ago
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The Washington Post referenced our CalMatters story on a school board resolution against transgender athletes:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Analysis | How tariffs are impacting babies and undercutting a Trump priority
The Washington Post’s essential guide to power and influence in D.C.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/01/how-tariffs-are-impacting-babies-undercutting-trump-priority/
6 months ago
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Redlands School Board targets transgender athletes; CA Secretary General says "We are monitoring the situation in the District."
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Another California school board takes aim at transgender athletes
Redlands school board can't legally ban transgender athletes, but a majority voted for a resolution opposing them anyway.
https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2025/04/transgender-athletes-inland-empire/
6 months ago
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Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: ‘You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papers” W/
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Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: 'You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin'
'You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papers,' a judge said in ordering the Border Patrol to halt warrantless sweeps in California.
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/04/border-patrol-injunction/
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California’s troubled fire insurance market has pushed thousands of homeowners onto the state’s high-risk FAIR Plan. A pair of lawsuits filed against major insurers last week claim that was by design.
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Sacramento Report: Rage Over State’s Fire Insurance Market Sparks Lawsuits
Consumers paid more for FAIR Plan fire policies, while insurance companies ‘reaped a windfall worth billions of dollars,’ lawsuits allege.
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/04/25/sacramento-report-rage-over-states-fire-insurance-market-sparks-lawsuits/
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