This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A classroom where inmates study to take the G.E.D. exam at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center on July 26, 2023. Photo ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Excerpted from “Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and an American Awakening” by Jim Newton ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Since Pell Grants have become available to people pursuing degrees from prison, every state and the Federal Bureau of ...

"You can walk into a clinic in Alameda County and leave with a free syringe, fentanyl test strip and naloxone kit with no questions asked. But if you ask for real treatment, you’ll be put on a ...

SPARC Theater is introducing a new adult education workshop series next week for those in the Tri-Valley intrigued by improvisation.

This year's Eugene O'Neill Festival is aiming to showcase the late playwright's melding of the personal and political with an original, contemporary production this year that has become all the more ...

Pippy the pup is petite, perky and perfectly precious. This sweet and snuggly sidekick lives for love, happily hopping into your heart with every tail wag. She adores walks, and always insists on ...

A vegetation fire burning in Sunol on Tuesday evening is at 15 acres and 50% containment, Cal Fire said in their latest update at 5:20 p.m.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A row of uniforms for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation hang at Halby’s in Blythe on May 8, ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Funding cuts. Raids near campuses. Exclusion from programs like Head Start and career training. For months, the Trump ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California spent decades building one of the greenest power grids on Earth. It ditched coal, cut fossil fuels, and ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Under pressure from President Donald Trump, Texas’ dominant Republicans are attempting to redraw the state’s ...