Why California Keeps Putting Homes Where Fires Burn
CalMatters: To many ecologists, economists and other experts on California wildfire risk, the vow to rebuild is part of a familiar California cycle as predictable as the Santa Anas: We keep putting homes in the path of the flames.
LA Fires Could Drastically Drive Up Insurance Premiums — and Test California’s New Market Rules
CalMatters: The deadly and destructive fires in Los Angeles — which some say could be the costliest in the state’s history — will further strain the insurance market and worsen the financial position of California’s insurer of last resort.
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Marshall Medical. LOCAL EXCELLENCE. NATIONAL RECOGNITION.
MARSHALL'S INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP IS ELEVATING CARE IN EL DORADO HILLS AND BEYOND
With Marshall’s exciting expansion in El Dorado Hills on track to open later this year, President and CEO Siri Nelson took a moment to tour the progress on the new facility and to speak candidly about what she feels sets Marshall apart from other local health care entities.
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California Council on Science and Technology
FROM SCIENCE TO SOLUTIONS: CALIFORNIA’S TRUSTED POLICY ADVISOR
The California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), a registered nonprofit organization, is the State of California’s ultimate resource for accurate, unbiased science and technology research and findings.
‘No Way, Not Possible’
California has a plan for new water rules. Will it save salmon from extinction?
CalMatters: The Newsom administration is refining a contentious set of proposed rules, years in the making, that would reshape how farms and cities draw water from the Central Valley’s Delta and its rivers. Backed by more than $1 billion in state funds, the rules, if adopted, would require water users to help restore rivers and rebuild depleted Chinook salmon runs.
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SACRAMENTO LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER
Since 1986, the Sacramento LGBT Community Center has been a beacon of hope and a vital resource for the local LGBTQ+ community and their allies.
How Three Trump Policy Decrees Could Affect California’s Agricultural Industry
CalMatters: There are three policy issues particularly important to California’s farmers that Trump wants to change. If he does what he has promised, one might benefit the industry and two might damage it.
How Did We Get Here?
A politician, a pastor, a PR exec, a psychologist and a professor try to get at the root of the ugly discourse in our country
The drivers of divisiveness were decades in the making. From the 1950s to 1980s, the “Big Three” networks of ABC, NBC and CBS created a sort of monoculture — a shared set of TV shows, water cooler talk and facts that society could agree on. Today, the news media is fractured, and we can’t even agree on the facts.
What’s Holding Up Valley Rail?
The need and the plan are there, but bureaucracy once again slows progress
The project has been caught in spiraling delays, and launch dates have been pushed back to 2030. The San Jose Regional Rail Commission broke ground on just one of the half dozen proposed new stations as of late summer 2024.
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FRIENDS OF SACRAMENTO ARTS
ARTS EVERY DAY FOR EVERY CHILD IN EVERY SCHOOL
Friends of Sacramento Arts (FOSA), a nonprofit organization, is on a mission to ensure equitable access to comprehensive arts education in the Sacramento region’s public PK-12 schools.