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News inscription on neon signboard hanging on street
The Changing News Media Landscape
Butte College campus bustles between classes on February 12, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Community Colleges: Educating and Training California’s Workforce
California’s Mental Health Care
Water rushes out of the Oroville Spillway at Lake Oroville in Butte County, on March 26, 2023. California ended its 2022-23 water year on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. After years of severe drought, the reservoirs in the state water project ended the year at 128% of their historical average. That includes Lake Oroville. Photo by Noah Berger, AP Photo
Floods and Drought: Managing California’s Water
2024 Voter Guide
2024 Elections: Voter Engagement
A "for sale" sign is posted in front of a home in Sacramento on March 3, 2022. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo
Housing in California
Medi-Cal Insurance Coverage
A student writes on a board at Stege Elementary School in Richmond on Feb. 6, 2023. Photo by Shelby Knowles for CalMatters
Teacher Turnover in California
New housing construction in the Crocker Village neighborhood in Sacramento on Feb. 10, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
Housing and Homelessness
Illustration by Julie A. Hotz for CalMatters
Electric Vehicles in California
water laws
Water in California
Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters; iStock
Wage Theft
The state Capitol in Sacramento on Nov. 17, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
California Government

Online Events

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  • JUNE
  • The Changing News Media Landscape
  • June 18th, 2024 | 11:00 – 11:30am
  • Join CalMatters in a conversation exploring the changing news media landscape. The tremendous shift in news consumption has seen the decline of traditional news media due to a decrease in revenue and advertising dollars, readers ​seeking out news online and social media, and lack of trust in traditional news outlets.

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Past Events

  • 8
  • MAY
  • Community Colleges: Training California’s Workforce
  • May 8th, 2024 | 1:30 – 2:00pm

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  • 25
  • APR
  • California’s Mental Health Care
  • April 25th, 2024 | 1:00 – 1:30pm

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  • 22
  • MAR
  • Floods and Drought: Managing California’s Water
  • March 22nd, 2024

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  • 14
  • FEB

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  • 10
  • JAN
  • 2024 Elections: Voter Engagement
  • January 10th, 2024

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  • 11
  • DEC
  • Housing in California
  • December 11th, 2023

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  • 17
  • NOV
  • What To Do If You Lose Medi-Cal Insurance Coverage
  • November 17th, 2023

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  • 12
  • OCT
  • Teacher Turnover in California
  • October 12th, 2023

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  • 15
  • JUNE
  • Race to Zero: California’s Bumpy Road to Electrify Cars and Trucks
  • June 15th, 2023

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  • 23
  • MAY
  • Wage Theft in California: Impacts of Stolen Wages in California Communities
  • May 23rd, 2023

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About CalMatters

CalMatters is a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization bringing Californians stories that probe, explain and explore solutions to quality of life issues while holding our leaders accountable. We are the only journalism outlet dedicated to covering America’s biggest state, 39 million Californians and the world’s fifth largest economy.