News from across California that affects Ventura County readers.
Shasta County Clerk and Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis stands next to a recently installed lock and seal securing ballots at the county's elections office in Redding on Sept. 17, 2026. Photo by Salvador Ochoa for CalMatters FBI agents paid a visit to Shasta County last week after Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis claimed ballots looked, felt and smelled funny as workers were counting them i...
Ryan Sabalow · Oct 2, 2026
Visitors gather at Linda Mar Beach in Pacifica on Aug. 2, 2025. The beach is a major draw for tourists and surfers. Photo by Kathryn Wheeler The tension between tourists, Californians living in the state’s coastal enclaves, and the tech companies that profit from vacation rentals is coming to a boil. The small coastal city of Pacifica has recently become the poster child for the battle betw...
Kathryn Wheeler · Oct 2, 2026
A block of Equinix data centers sit across the street from a Prime data center on Great Oaks Blvd. in South San Jose on Aug. 31, 2026. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney, CalMatters Facing growing public backlash and a pivot from his own past vetoes, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of seven bills on Monday that aim to force the data center industry to pay its own way in California. Three...
Katherine Ortiz · Oct 2, 2026
Jennifer Levi addresses the media during a press conference at the Capitol Annex Swing Space in Sacramento on Feb. 12, 2026. Levi recounted how her son, Braun Levi, was killed by a drunk driver in May of 2025. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law four bills aimed at curbing a startling rise in DUI fatalities in recent years, including measure...
Robert Lewis and Lauren Hepler · Oct 2, 2026
Lake County Fire Chief Willie Sapeta, left, during a training session for crews to learn how to use remote hydrants at Clearlake Oaks on Aug. 27, 2026. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters As the Lucas Fire tore through Mendocino and Lake Counties, two portable fire hydrants sprouted from Lake County’s Keeling Park, pumping water directly from Clear Lake. It was the first test of a homegrow...
Rachel Becker · Oct 2, 2026
Gustavo Meza exits the courtroom after presenting a progress report to a judge at the San Mateo County Superior Court Southern Branch in Redwood City on June 18, 2026. Meza was mandated treatment under Proposition 36. Photo by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters The tough-on-crime initiative California voters passed two years ago wasn’t supposed to be a draconian return to mass incarceration. Instea...
Marisa Kendall and Cayla Mihalovich · Sep 25, 2026
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference at the Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito, where he signed 13 bills focused on protecting kids from technology, on Sept. 10, 2026. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney, CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that he is directing state agencies to develop artificial intelligence safety recommendations, some of which were part of a bill he vetoed...
Jeanne Kuang · Sep 25, 2026
Marcie Frost, CEO of CalPERS, at the regional office in Sacramento on June 26, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters CalPERS Chief Executive Marcie Frost snared her first seven-figure bonus, a milestone that follows a period of leadership stability and high investment returns at the nation’s largest state pension fund. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System board awarded a $1.15 m...
ADAM ASHTON · Sep 25, 2026
Traffic on Highway 50 in Sacramento on June 30, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters Uber must pay $40 million to the parents of a woman who was struck and killed after an Uber driver left her on an Orange County freeway in 2023, an arbitrator has ruled. The arbitrator rejected Uber’s arguments that California’s Proposition 22 — a voter-approved law written by Uber and other gig comp...
Levi Sumagaysay · Sep 25, 2026
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