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Mark AraxThe man who carried a Confederate flag inside the U.S. Capitol during last week’s insurrection was arrested yesterday for an act that served as a reminder… -
John Chacon/CA Department of Water ResourcesIn March, the COVID-19 relief bill known as the CARES Act set aside $900 million to help Americans pay their utility bills. Earlier this week, a broad…
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Can you imagine Southern California without Hollywood? Or the Bay Area without Silicon Valley?No? History suggests that the identities of cities and… -
Will California’s high-speed rail system be German enough?That question is not a joke, as I learned last month while riding Germany’s popular high-speed…
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In 1984, Dan Whitehurst, then-mayor of Fresno, California, appeared on Late Night With David Letterman to discuss a depressing distinction: his city had…
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Fresno regularly ranks as one of the poorest metro areas in the United States. So why do people keep moving there?The short, if incomplete, answer: Fresno…
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Editor's note: Zocalo Public Square is publishing a series of articles this week about the Monterey County community of Salinas and the challenges…
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A controversy has erupted over an attempted joke by a Nobel prize winning scientist at the 2015 World Conference of Science Journalists held in South…
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For the first time since his dramatic fall through the roof of a burning garage, a Fresno firefighter is speaking publicly. Fire captain Pete Dern walked…
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Every year, The Trust for Public Land analyzes the 75 largest U.S. cities and gives them a score based on how well they are meeting the need for parks.…
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The horrific killings in January at the offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine inspired commentators to defend speech and press freedoms as absolutes. But…
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Should we trust the government and the other institutions of social and political life? Most of us don’t. And distrust seems to be growing, especially…
