Category: WhatMatters

Read More Burned trees from the Palisades Fire at Will Rogers State Historic Park, with the City of Los Angeles in the background, on Jan.

Read More A classroom where inmates study to take the G.E.D. exam at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center on July 26, 2023. Photo by Semantha Norris,

Read More A row of uniforms for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation hang at Halby’s in Blythe on May 8, 2023. Photo by

Read More Jason Haas, owner of Tablas Creek Vineyard, at his vineyard in Paso Robles on July 30, 2025. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

Read More State Sen. Aisha Wahab speaks during a press conference at the Capitol Annex Swing Space in Sacramento on April 15, 2024. Photo by

Read More A box of ammunition on the counter at Big 5 Sporting Goods in El Cerrito on Sept. 9, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff,

Read More FBI agents face off against protesters during an immigration raid at Ambiance Apparel in Los Angeles on June 6, 2025. Photo by J.W.

Read More The courtyard at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center on July 26, 2023. Photo by Semantha Norris, CalMatters For California prisoners who committed crimes when

Read More Kaiser Permanente in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters One of California’s largest health care providers said it

Read More Marwa, an asylee from Afghanistan, sits on the couch in her apartment in Rocklin on July 16, 2025. Photo by Roberta Alvarado for