Prison programs for education, employment, and behavioral health changed amid widespread pandemic disruptions, and ...

California’s workforce is being reshaped by the unprecedented aging of the state’s population. PPIC researcher Eric McGhee ...

Alexandra Macedo is an assemblywoman serving California’s 33rd Assembly District, representing Tulare, Kings, and Fresno Counties. As an assemblywoman, she plans to advocate for California’s ...

Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero is the 29th Chief Justice of California, making history as the first Latina to serve in this role. When she joined the California Supreme Court as an associate justice ...

The Colorado River is in crisis. Reservoir levels are at historic lows—Lake Powell is at 21% of capacity, while Lake Mead is at 27%, threatening hydropower operations and possibly even reservoir ...

Earlier this year, king tides brought serious flooding to coastal San Francisco. This fall and winter, the highest tides in 18 years will meet what may be the strongest El Niño ever recorded in ...

California’s housing crisis is usually measured in dollars: half-million-dollar starter homes and housing costs that eat up half a paycheck. But there’s another way to see the crisis—in years.

Agriculture is California’s biggest water user: it uses 40 percent of all water in the state, or 80 percent of all water available for use by homes and businesses. While the value of farm output has ...

This interactive shows poverty trends from 2011 through 2024 across demographic groups and regions in California, according to the California Poverty Measure (CPM). It shows trends by age, education, ...

Recently released federal data confirms that homelessness in California declined in 2025 for the first time in more than a decade. California’s overall decrease was driven by a decline in unsheltered ...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 27, 2026—Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton sit atop a crowded field of gubernatorial candidates heading into next week’s primary election. Most likely voters ...

California public schools are in the midst of a long-running trend of declining enrollment. Enrollment fell this past year by nearly 75,000 students. Since 2015–16, enrollment has dropped in all but ...