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GovernmentSudden surge in ICE arrests empties streets in California’s San Joaquin Valley
In a dim storefront near downtown Fresno, a family gathered to mourn.
GovernmentWhat California’s new e-bike laws mean for you and your neighbors
Scheduling note: WhatMatters is taking Indigenous Peoples’ Day off and will return to your inboxes Tuesday.
- Environment
We blasted mobile homes with hurricane-force winds to test how they fail – and found clues for making affordable housing safer
It’s 9:15 in the morning. The wind is roaring at 110 miles per hour (177 kph); the sound is deafening. Dust swirls through the air. We are watching a single-wide manufactured home rock back and forth, as it is pounded by turbulent wind.
GovernmentPublic financing of California’s electoral campaigns could curb power of money in politics
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EnvironmentProp 45 explained: CEQA overhaul could shift who holds power over building
In 2014, residents and environmental groups argued in a lawsuit that a California Department of Transportation road project planned to run through Richardson Grove State Park failed to properly evaluate how it could harm the redwood trees.
GovernmentThey made misleading election claims. Now they’re targeting CA counties
Are election deniers and affiliated groups gathering evidence for a potential Stop the Steal 2.0 campaign in California?
- Technology
AI is changing pilgrims’ journeys, but sacred journeys have always adapted to new technology
In 2025, two scholars of religion decided to make a multiday pilgrimage along the Kumano Kodō trail – an ancient route in Japan connecting Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples – guided by an artificial intelligence assistant.