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CALmatters is a Sacramento-based nonpartisan, nonprofit journalism venture committed to explaining how California's state Capitol works and why it matters. It works with more than 130 media partners throughout the state that have long, deep relationships with their local audiences, including Embarcadero Media (publisher of the Palo Alto Weekly, Mountain View Voice, Pleasanton Weekly and The Almanac in Menlo Park and their websites.)

Here are the most recent stories reported by CALmatters' team of journalists:

Inicia la huelga de Kaiser y 68,000 empleados dejan sus puestos de trabajo en los hospitales de California

Read this story in English. Más de 75,000 empleados de Kaiser Permanente abandonaron sus puestos de trabajo esta mañana, iniciando la huelga de trabajadores de la salud más grande en la historia de Estados Unidos, dijeron funcionarios sindicales. Kaiser y la Coalición de Sindicatos de Kaiser Permanente no pudieron llegar a un acuerdo durante una […]

Wed, Oct 4, 2023 7:22 am

Kaiser strike begins as 68,000 employees stage walkout at California hospitals

California health care giant Kaiser Permanente could not reach a contract to avert a strike by a union coalition representing some 75,000 employees in five states. The walkout is expected to last three days.

Wed, Oct 4, 2023 7:18 am

California is rushing to decriminalize psychedelics. Start with safer therapies first

Before decriminalizing psychedelic substances for personal use, California should allow them for therapeutic use, argues the founder of a community clinic in San Francisco.

Wed, Oct 4, 2023 5:30 am

Los estudiantes trabajadores de Cal State obtienen el visto bueno para realizar una votación sindical

Read this story in English. Los estudiantes trabajadores de la Universidad Estatal de California están un paso más cerca de sindicalizarse después de que se anunciara hoy que la Junta de Relaciones Públicas de Empleo de California ha considerado que hay suficiente apoyo estudiantil para provocar una votación sindical. Después de examinar miles de tarjetas […]

Wed, Oct 4, 2023 5:29 am

Two Californians at the center of a historic day in D.C.

From CalMatters politics reporter Yue Stella Yu: Two Californians made history Tuesday in our nation’s capital — one starting a new job, the other losing theirs. Laphonza Butler took the oath of office as a U.S. senator, succeeding the late Dianne Feinstein and becoming the first Black and openly LGBTQ woman to serve in the […]

Wed, Oct 4, 2023 5:00 am

Strike benefits squabble renews focus on California’s insolvent unemployment insurance system

The recent squabble between Gov. Gavin Newsom and union leaders over unemployment insurance for striking workers renewed attention on the insolvent system that administers benefits.

Wed, Oct 4, 2023 12:01 am

Cal State student workers get the OK to hold a union vote

Student workers at the 23-campus system say their pay is low, their hours are restricted and they get no sick pay. They are hoping to join the employees union to fix that.

Tue, Oct 3, 2023 5:21 pm

Cómo Laphonza Butler podría cambiar por completo la elección en California por el puesto en el Senado de EE.UU.

Read this story in English. Laphonza Butler, elegida por el gobernador Gavin Newsom para suceder a la fallecida senadora estadounidense Dianne Feinstein, presta juramento hoy, haciendo historia como la primera persona abiertamente LGBTQ y la segunda mujer negra en representar a California en el Senado. Pero ¿cuánto tiempo quiere conservar el trabajo? Ella no lo […]

Tue, Oct 3, 2023 5:40 am

Se avecina otra huelga en los hospitales de Kaiser en California mientras los trabajadores presionan por mejores salarios

Read this story in English. Decenas de miles de trabajadores de atención médica de Kaiser Permanente están preparados para iniciar una huelga de tres días el miércoles que afectaría a pacientes en todo California. El contrato entre el gigante de la salud y una coalición de ocho sindicatos que representan a 75,000 trabajadores en todo […]

Tue, Oct 3, 2023 5:38 am

How Laphonza Butler could reshape California’s U.S. Senate race

Gov. Newsom's pick to replace the late Dianne Feinstein is set to be sworn in today as California's U.S. senator. She isn't saying whether she will run next year, but if she does, it would change the dynamics of the U.S. Senate race.

Tue, Oct 3, 2023 5:35 am

California health care giant Kaiser Permanente could not reach a contract to avert a strike by a union coalition representing some 75,000 employees in five states. The walkout is expected to last three days.

Before decriminalizing psychedelic substances for personal use, California should allow them for therapeutic use, argues the founder of a community clinic in San Francisco.

The recent squabble between Gov. Gavin Newsom and union leaders over unemployment insurance for striking workers renewed attention on the insolvent system that administers benefits.

Student workers at the 23-campus system say their pay is low, their hours are restricted and they get no sick pay. They are hoping to join the employees union to fix that.

Gov. Newsom's pick to replace the late Dianne Feinstein is set to be sworn in today as California's U.S. senator. She isn't saying whether she will run next year, but if she does, it would change the dynamics of the U.S. Senate race.

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