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Laney College in Oakland on Aug. 30, 2023. Photo by Semantha Norris, CalMatters

Financial aid fraud is on the rise in California. How federal officials plan to crack down

The U.S. Department of Education will begin more rigorous screening of financial aid applicants, citing instances of fraud at California’s community colleges.

Judge allows 'New York Times' copyright case against OpenAI to go forward

The legal fight could have far-reaching implications for the media and artificial intelligence industries.

San Francisco police officers instruct an unhoused person to move personal items that are blocking the sidewalk on Cedar Street in San Francisco on Nov. 15, 2024. Unhoused people on Cedar Street are forced to move their shelters and belongings on a regular basis by San Francisco city workers.

‘Look, there’s nowhere else to go’: Inside California’s crackdown on homeless camps

Last year, California cities gained more power to ban homeless encampments. CalMatters dug into what that looks like in three cities.

KPBS Rountable Host Mark Sauer meets with Meteorologist Alex Tardy at his National Weather Service office in Rancho Bernardo. March 4th, 2019.

After 32 years, San Diego meteorologist leaves National Weather Service over restrictions

Longtime NWS meteorologist Alex Tardy retired in April amid proposed radical cuts that would severely weaken the United States’ weather forecasting capabilities.

Her son had a meltdown in public. A stranger responded with understanding

In 2016, Tulika Prasad was at the grocery store checkout line with her seven-year-old son, who is non-verbal and autistic. A woman understood what was going on when Prasad's son had an outburst.

The remains of a burned home are seen after the home was destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Jan. 8.

How climate change is reshaping home insurance in California — and the rest of the U.S.

Worsening wildfires are hiking up home insurance rates in California, the biggest market in the U.S. And as climate disasters increase across the country, other states are feeling the pressure too.

Photos: Decades in, these women's love was 'Hidden Once, Hidden Twice'

Morgan Lieberman's "Hidden Once, Hidden Twice" is a documentary photo and film project bringing visibility to the lives of senior lesbian couples across the U.S.

Why knowing your neighbors can be an important climate solution

Earthaven Ecovillage fared remarkably well after Hurricane Helene. The community had backup power and water systems, as well as food supplies, but members also knew how to work together in a crisis.

Security contractor Zachary Young alleges that CNN defamed him in a November 2021 report, shown above, about Afghans' fears of exorbitant charges from people offering to get them out of the country after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. CNN says it will defend the report in a trial set to start in a Florida court Monday.

CNN goes on trial over its report alleging 'black market' for Afghan rescues

A CNN story about a "black market" for rescuing people from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover is at the heart of a defamation trial that opens Monday in Florida.

Inside the U.S. plan to detain immigrants in Latin America as bargaining chips in WWII

During World War II, the United States arrested hundreds of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants from Latin America and deported them to the U.S. where they lived in camps.

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