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

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

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

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 ...

CA is the seventh U.S. state to adopt mobile driver’s licenses for iPhones, part of a growing push by businesses and ...

California adopted the nation's most aggressive cap on health care cost increases. Patients are struggling with high premiums ...

Failed legislative bills have attempted to create safe parking programs for students to sleep in their cars on California ...

The UC Regents approved campus requests for more tools for UC police months after campus protesters clashed with law ...