This advancement in real estate transactions, making it easier to buy a home, also makes it easier for scammers to defraud homebuyers.

Caltrans' road projects sliced through neighborhoods. Now it's trying to repair the damage by selling back hundreds of homes.

Proyectos viales de Caltrans destruyeron viviendas y atravesaron barrios ocupados por familias afroamericanas o latinas. Ahora la agencia está tratando de reparar el daño ...

The hastily drafted bill, which lobbyists negotiated in secret, could weaken the state’s lemon law for people who buy faulty ...

Proyecto de ley ante el gobernador Gavin Newsom puede dificultar que los consumidores obtengan reembolsos por autos ...

University of California regents approve less-lethal weapons, while Gov. Newsom blocks a bill to let undocumented students work on campus.

Fiona Kelliher is a freelance journalist who has reported in the U.S. and internationally. Her California reporting for the Mercury News on racial inequalities during the Covid-19 pandemic earned ...

In Chico, CalMatters and North State Public Radio hosted a small and intimate event that brought together both landlords and renters to talk about Proposition 33, which would allow local governments ...

Women are underrepresented in the construction trades for a variety of reasons. Some California organizations are trying to change that.

The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, has won first place for general excellence among small newsrooms while CalMatters was a finalist for general excellence among medium-sized newsrooms in the 2024 ...