No single state, water agency or federal official has shown the power, or the will, to break the deadlock among Colorado River basin states over how to share the dwindling supplies. cal.news/4fU24pq 📸 Justin Sullivan

After a slow start, a program that aims to bring thousands of Angelenos living with serious mental illness under court-led care has seen a spike in petitions filed in recent months, Los Angeles County officials said. cal.news/4yZM5i9 📸 Adriana Heldiz

Breaking: A federal judge held the DHS in contempt for allegedly slow-rolling an order to create digital copies of communications from any personal and government cell phones used by immigration agents during operations in the Los Angeles area last year. cal.news/3S9Ai06 📸 Carlin Stiehl

Opinion | California allows 16- and 17-year-olds to pre-register so that their registration activates automatically on their 18th birthday. Only 11% of eligible teenagers have done so. cal.news/4gbJvOB 📝 Conner Huey 📸 Rahul Lal

Gov. Newsom, a Democrat, opposes the billionaire tax on voters’ ballots this November. So does Xavier Becerra, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate widely favored to succeed him. That didn’t stop the state Democratic Party from narrowly endorsing it. cal.news/4hfk8fW 📸 Jeff Chiu, AP

We’re not done. If Medi-Cal has helped you or someone you know, or if you’re worried about losing it, tell us your story. It may be part of what comes next. cal.news/4h8HrId 📸 Jules Hotz

Opinion | In the 21 months since the last presidential election, Newsom has floated several versions of himself, seeking — or so it appears — one that can be a winner in 2028. cal.news/4pYFdO7 📝 Dan Walters 📸 Manuel Orbegozo

New rules on work hours, renewals and income limits could put your Medi-Cal at risk. Get the details. cal.news/4bZg5Rk 📸 Jules Hotz

Over the objections of animal welfare groups, Gov. Gavin Newsom last year signed legislation allowing property owners and those with hunting licenses to shoot the nonnative, destructive swans. cal.news/3SgBPl3 📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.

Two years ago, California hit a milestone decades in the making: Nearly every person in the state qualified for health insurance, regardless of immigration status and income, pushing the state’s insured rate to a record 95%. Now that progress is unravelling. cal.news/3RJgiBp 📸 Jules Hotz

More kale, fewer hot dogs: State expands school lunch program that focuses on fresh produce California’s school lunch program pairs local farmers, ranchers and food producers with school districts to provide fresh meals to students.

More kale, fewer hot dogs: State expands school lunch program that focuses on fresh produce

California’s school lunch program pairs local farmers, ranchers and food producers with school districts to provide fresh meals to students.

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Proposition 38 is written in a way that very likely excludes all but one institute in the entire state: the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, whose prominent donor and co-founder is the chief backer of the proposition. cal.news/4fCKWFB 📸 Leonard Ortiz

When the super El Niño arrives this winter, San Diego could be in for raging floods that gush through canyons and hillsides. Or it could face sparse rainfall and heightened fire risk. It could also see monster waves carve away beaches and pummel piers. cal.news/4hhuoEx 📸 Adriana Heldiz

Opinion | ... years after the votes are counted and projects are underway, it can be surprisingly difficult to answer a simple question: Did we get the results we were promised? cal.news/4fFaFvK 📝 Cathy Cockrum Dean 📸 Larry Valenzuela

In the past year alone, they’ve helped catch suspected murderers, bank robbers and hit-and-run drivers. They’re also distrusted and despised by privacy rights activists on the left and on the right. cal.news/4xfGAdx 📸 Larry Valenzuela

Lawmakers have returned to Sacramento ready to hammer out — and potentially spike — several legislative deals before they adjourn for the year on Aug. 31 and hit the campaign trail. cal.news/4fBUsZL 📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.

In school lunchrooms around Lake Tahoe, students line up for a red, hairy fruit called a rambutan. On pozole day, they shout, “We want more!” And when the salad bar runs dry, they ask the staff to refill it – over and over. cal.news/3Sb5I6j 📸 Anna Hoch-Kenney

A health worker union has accused Kaiser Permanente of screening patients and making care recommendations through “a digital, automated algorithm” without clinician oversight — a practice the union says violates state law. cal.news/4fISnd7 📸 Jules Hotz

The question: How much accrued vacation time can retiring public employees cash out at the end of their careers in ways that boost their pensions? cal.news/4yYeaGM 📸 Jeff Chiu, AP

Records show Anamarie Ávila Farías attempted to have her mother placed under conservatorship in the midst of a family real estate dispute. She now sits on her chamber’s eldercare committee — the legislative body that’s supposed to protect seniors. cal.news/4fv6vYI 🎨 Gabriel Hongsdusit

Opinion | California needs to preserve clean air and public oversight. Why Prop. 45 must be stopped California voters must stand up to the powerful corporations that want to dismantle the state's bedrock environmental law.

Opinion | California needs to preserve clean air and public oversight. Why Prop. 45 must be stopped

California voters must stand up to the powerful corporations that want to dismantle the state's bedrock environmental law.

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A California university is cutting ties with the Border Patrol after student outcry Students and faculty rallied against campus police after a CalMatters investigation revealed the decade-long partnership.

A California university is cutting ties with the Border Patrol after student outcry

Students and faculty rallied against campus police after a CalMatters investigation revealed the decade-long partnership.

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Fierce floods or wild waves? How San Diego is preparing for a winter of extreme weather under El Niño. As a “super El Niño” season gains steam, San Diego County contends with aging stormwater systems and century-old dams.

Fierce floods or wild waves? How San Diego is preparing for a winter of extreme weather under El Niño.

As a “super El Niño” season gains steam, San Diego County contends with aging stormwater systems and century-old dams.

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Opinion | Prop. 45 benefits the state’s wealthiest and most powerful interests without offering any proof — or requiring any guarantees — that Californians won’t shoulder the costs. cal.news/4fLmgtp 📝 Mabel Tsang 📸 Loren Elliott

Opinion | Our state doesn’t have to choose between protecting the environment and building the homes and essential infrastructure our communities need. Prop. 45 enables us to do both. cal.news/4bSPNjC 📝 Jenna Abbott 📸 Larry Valenzuela

As a dairyman, David Valadao has endeared himself to the agricultural communities, even building cross-party support among Democrats. But with costs soaring and Trump so unpopular, voters might not be as willing to look beyond the “R” beside his name. cal.news/4wALj9V 📸 Allison Robbert, AP

Homeowners who saw their neighborhoods burn in the Eaton and Palisades fires last year will soon be able to build up to four units on their properties now that the two fire-scarred cities have settled a lawsuit brought by pro-development activists. cal.news/4wxc3aZ 📸 I RYU, VCG

A California public university cut ties with a federal program that paid for campus police to aid Border Patrol, within weeks of CalMatters revealing the decade-long partnership. cal.news/3S8yBzY 📸 Adriana Heldiz

Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed a new chief to lead the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau, two years after the position opened and months after a CalMatters investigation exposed how the agency has failed to curb abuse in the industry. cal.news/4pMGuHK 📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.

Proposition 38 is written in a way that very likely excludes all but one institute in the entire state: the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, whose prominent donor and co-founder is the chief backer of the proposition. cal.news/4pPbZB3 📸 Leonard Ortiz