California is closing prisons because it’s incarcerating fewer people. Several towns with shuttered prisons now are struggling to lure new employers.
Month: August 2026
Jane Kim, backed by Bernie Sanders, could ride the progressive wave. Ben Allen has the CA Democratic party’s endorsement.
As thousands are deported, San Diego County supervisors want to kick ICE off their firing range. “Providing training grounds for Trump’s deportation force is a slap in the face.”
Chevron, Marathon Petroleum and PBF Energy are lobbying against a bill that would lock in California refinery safety rules.
A long decline in the number of people managing wildlife refuges in California accelerated after the Trump administration’s DOGE staffing cuts.
Federal officials made a change that delayed financial aid notifications to Cal State students by five or more weeks.
Many districts expanded their arts programs. But other districts, particularly smaller and rural districts, struggled to spend the money.
A judge’s ruling would force agents to fundamentally change the way they’ve conducted the sweeps in Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
The California Supreme Court threw out a guilty plea from a woman who did not understand that a conviction would jeopardize her immigration status.
A new California Museum exhibit connects President Trump’s immigration crackdown to the 1950s mass deportation campaign known as Operation Wetback.