Inland California communities with big population booms will experience the most extreme heat days under climate change projections. The combination puts more people at risk — and many cities are unprepared.
Alejandra Reyes-Velarde / CalMatters
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A stunt or first step? Inside California’s last-minute effort to cut electric bills and streamline clean energy
Consumers would get a small credit on electric bills if the legislation passes. Solar companies say the energy measures might not be effective in streamlining projects.
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Scorching schoolyards: California groups want more trees, less asphalt at schools
Too few trees at California’s schools mean there’s little protecting students from a warming planet. Here’s how advocates say the state can pay for more shade.
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More working Californians slipped into poverty as pandemic aid expired
California’s poverty rate climbed and its working poor grew this spring, says the Public Policy Institute of California. Safety net programs played a major role in poverty rate changes.
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Renters’ rights: California advocates chip away at landlords’ political influence
As groups representing landlords and real estate pour millions of dollars into political coffers to influence housing policy, tenant groups are celebrating recent victories.
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UC faces tumultuous finals week as strike reaches pivotal moment
In its fourth week, the massive academic workers strike has led to canceled finals, delayed grades and growing angst among students across the University of California’s 10 campuses.
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‘We had no idea this was goodbye’: These are the 21 victims of the Texas school shooting
The Texas school shooting victims were athletes, artists, dancers and kids with big dreams. Most were under the age of 11.
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Young Latinos are dying of COVID at an alarming rate — the effects could be felt for generations
The families of the young Latinos who died will feel the loss for decades to come — not just the grief but the long-term financial hardships. It will be harder for their children to get an education and achieve upward mobility, potentially widening the class divide in the coming decades.
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New child tax credit may be life changing for the poorest families. But will they sign up?
The same people who could benefit the most from new child tax credit are the hardest to reach. Many don’t know it exists.
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Majority white areas got more PPP business loan money than Latino areas, UCLA study says
The disparities arose because the loans were distributed on a first-come, first-served basis by big banks, researchers said.
