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FEMA has helped develop building codes for decades, including standards that reduce the risk that houses will flood in storms and hurricanes. That work is being pulled back under the Trump Administration.

Exclusive: Trump administration drops work on stronger building codes for disasters

To help homes survive more intense disasters, FEMA has been developing recommendations for stronger building codes. The Trump Administration has pulled them back.

San Francisco ha aprobado una prohibición del uso de software algorítmico de fijación de precios de alquiler, como el desarrollado por el líder del mercado RealPage. San Diego y San José están considerando leyes similares. Ilustración de Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters; iStock, RentCafe

Los propietarios de vivienda están usando inteligencia artificial para aumentar los alquileres y algunas ciudades de California se resisten

Los fiscales federales y de California han acusado a la empresa de software RealPage de enriquecerse “a costa de los inquilinos que pagan precios inflados”.

A newly signed law requires that the Chinese-owned TikTok app be sold to satisfy national security concerns.

China's influence operations against the U.S. are bigger than TikTok

Intelligence officials and lawmakers describe the Chinese-owned social media app as a national security threat. But they haven't shared that evidence with the public.

California lawmakers are proposing regulations to protect people and society from the unintended consequences of artificial intelligence. By contrast, the Trump administration wants to avoid excessive regulation.

California has 30 new proposals to rein in AI. Trump could complicate them

President Trump is taking a very different approach to AI than the Biden administration, and it could affect how California regulates artificial intelligence.

FILE - The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., March 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Supreme Court agrees to review TikTok ban-or-sale law

The high court said Wednesday it will review a challenge submitted by TikTok asking for the overturn of a law that could ban the video-sharing app by Jan 19.

Artwork created by students hangs on the walls at the Dream Resource Center at Pierce College in Woodland Hills near Los Angeles on Jan. 28, 2025. The DRC supports undocumented students, providing resources like free legal services, educational workshops, scholarship information, and more throughout their academic journey at the school. Photo by Alisha Jucevic for CalMatters

Demand for immigration legal services spikes at California colleges

California’s estimated 100,000 undocumented college students are grappling with President Trump’s plans of mass deportations. Dream centers on many campuses are stepping in to provide guidance and meet the skyrocketing demand for legal services from students.

A still from Christopher Cozier's 2014 work "Gas Men" is shown. The video work will be on view in Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego's "Forecast Form" exhibit April 18-July 21, 2024. <br/>

5 art exhibits to see in San Diego this spring

Our top picks for visual art in San Diego this season: An Indigenous photographer, textiles made from tea bags, a reflection on Caribbean art history, art by women at the border and local Black arts leaders.

A mother's courage saved her 1-year-old

Before fighting broke out over two years ago, Khartoum had nearly 100 public and private medical facilities. Today, not a single one remains operational.

The issue of "green bubble shaming" came up in the Justice Department's lawsuit against Apple last week. The tech giant says it plans to address the problem.

'Green bubble shaming' at play in DOJ suit against Apple

Android users have long complained that texting someone with an iPhone on iMessage is an unpleasant experience. The Justice Department argues it is also an example of anti-competitive behavior.

Webpages at the CDC and other health agencies went down on Friday.

Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies

Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.

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