Californians face high housing, health care and food costs. For most people, surpassing Japan in gross domestic product doesn't matter.

After President Donald Trump’s early budget eliminated the Head Start program, advocates led a nationwide lobbying effort to save it.

Only 14 school districts and county offices of education have begun billing for behavioral health services under the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative Fee Schedule Program, according to ...

How California’s budget and employment picture can be unhealthy even as the state’s economy continues to grow.

Children play on a jungle gym during a Dia del Niño celebration at St. John’s ECS Head Start in Chula Vista on April 30, 2025. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters As nonprofits, programs and advocates ...

Despite efforts to increase the number of mental health providers, many students say the training requirements are onerous ...

California health care giant Kaiser Permanente refused to attend a hearing in the Legislature that focused on its mental ...

Inmate firefighters say their criminal records make it hard to get a regular firefighting job once they're out. A new bill ...

President Donald Trump's budget proposal in its present form would have huge effects on housing and homelessness in ...

California’s Democratic legislative leaders deemed affordability an “urgent” issue this year. So far they have little to show ...

A San Jose parent shares a tragically common story that, she argues, makes proposed legislation, Assembly Bill 2, worth passing.

Citing a CalMatters investigation, a federal civil suit says LinkedIn and Google did not have consent to get Covered ...