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Trump’s threat to birthright citizenship will likely lead to more Californians shunning basic health care, experts say.
06/03/2025

Trump’s threat to birthright citizenship will likely lead to more Californians shunning basic health care, experts say.

Trump’s threat to birthright citizenship will likely lead to more Californians shunning basic health care, experts say.
06/03/2025

Trump’s threat to birthright citizenship will likely lead to more Californians shunning basic health care, experts say.

Will a controversial Trump order pull the welcome mat from under immigrants’ feet?

“The Maximus story is a cautionary tale of what happens when taxpayer dollars are spent on a firm hell-bent on violating...
06/03/2025

“The Maximus story is a cautionary tale of what happens when taxpayer dollars are spent on a firm hell-bent on violating workers’ rights."

“The Maximus story is a cautionary tale of what happens when taxpayer dollars are spent on a firm hell-bent on violating...
05/03/2025

“The Maximus story is a cautionary tale of what happens when taxpayer dollars are spent on a firm hell-bent on violating workers’ rights.”

Federal call center workers continue their fight after the Biden administration dialed back support for it.

Eva has worked at an Eagle Rock Subway for over a decade. Now she's suing for $54,000 in stolen wages. Many fear Trump p...
05/03/2025

Eva has worked at an Eagle Rock Subway for over a decade. Now she's suing for $54,000 in stolen wages. Many fear Trump policies may endanger foreign-born workers and that knowing their rights is the best defense.

Advocates say Trump’s immigration crackdown will put foreign-born workers like Eva Rodriguez at greater risk — and that knowing their rights is the best defe...

The firings affected courts across the United States, with California and Texas losing the most.
05/03/2025

The firings affected courts across the United States, with California and Texas losing the most.

Even fellow Republicans have expressed alarm at Musk’s technocratic approach.
03/03/2025

Even fellow Republicans have expressed alarm at Musk’s technocratic approach.

With a clinically abysmal mental health care record, health care giant Kaiser Permanente has dug in at the bargaining ta...
03/03/2025

With a clinically abysmal mental health care record, health care giant Kaiser Permanente has dug in at the bargaining table.

With a clinically abysmal mental health care record, the hospital giant has dug in at the bargaining table.

Fired Forest Service employees fear the Trump administration is handing public lands right over to private industry.
01/03/2025

Fired Forest Service employees fear the Trump administration is handing public lands right over to private industry.

Employees warn that recent dismissals could weaken protections for public lands as the new administration selects a former timber executive to head the agency.

Elon Musk’s DOGE is so focused on cutting costs and targeting programs that are considered too “woke” by Trump that its ...
28/02/2025

Elon Musk’s DOGE is so focused on cutting costs and targeting programs that are considered too “woke” by Trump that its destructive effect will far outweigh any savings to the budget.

There are much more effective ways to improve government than cutting “to the bone.”

The push to eliminate DEI practices feels, in part, like an effort to delegitimize Black people, writes Erin Aubry Kapla...
28/02/2025

The push to eliminate DEI practices feels, in part, like an effort to delegitimize Black people, writes Erin Aubry Kaplan.

The Trump administration’s high-profile anti-DEI campaign aims to do more than shut down programs in California and beyond.

Even those robbed by a cartel or gang can be denied asylum for providing support to a group the U.S. considers a terrori...
27/02/2025

Even those robbed by a cartel or gang can be denied asylum for providing support to a group the U.S. considers a terrorist organization.

Even those robbed by a cartel or gang can be denied asylum for providing support to a group the U.S. considers a terrorist organization.

The cost of a $4 burger in California on average has risen by only six cents. Researchers refute fast food industry’s ap...
27/02/2025

The cost of a $4 burger in California on average has risen by only six cents. Researchers refute fast food industry’s apocalyptic predictions about raising the minimum wage.

Researchers refute fast food industry’s apocalyptic predictions about raising the minimum wage.

Advocates say the move could put millions of workers at higher risk of heat-related illnesses and injuries at the workpl...
27/02/2025

Advocates say the move could put millions of workers at higher risk of heat-related illnesses and injuries at the workplace.

Advocates say the move could put millions of workers at higher risk of heat-related illnesses and injuries at the workplace.

Is Elon Musk's DOGE agency cutting too much?
27/02/2025

Is Elon Musk's DOGE agency cutting too much?

Some of President Donald Trump’s more extreme immigration proposals could pump the brakes on California’s return to popu...
27/02/2025

Some of President Donald Trump’s more extreme immigration proposals could pump the brakes on California’s return to population normalcy.

The state, home to nearly 2 million undocumented immigrants, could be hit hard by the president's deportation policies.

Musk’s DOGE is so focused on cutting costs and targeting programs that are considered too “woke” by Trump that its destr...
26/02/2025

Musk’s DOGE is so focused on cutting costs and targeting programs that are considered too “woke” by Trump that its destructive effect will far outweigh any savings to the budget.

There are much more effective ways to improve government than cutting “to the bone.”

“This outrageous move to fire immigration judges will only make the backlog of cases worse. This is the opposite of the ...
25/02/2025

“This outrageous move to fire immigration judges will only make the backlog of cases worse. This is the opposite of the administration’s stated goals.”

The judges’ union estimated that as many as 10,000 hearings will not happen this year because of the lost work.

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Eva Rodriguez has worked at a Subway in Eagle Rock for over a decade. Now she's suing for over $50,000 in stolen wages. Advocates say Trump’s immigration crackdown will put foreign-born workers like Eva Rodriguez at greater risk — and that knowing their rights is the best defense.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum that halted rulemaking at all federal agencies and could result in more workers dying of heat-related illnesses.

California Will Fight Trump Order Ending Transgender Health Care for Minors
California Will Fight Trump Order Ending Transgender Health Care for Minors

Children's Hospital Los Angeles has halted gender affirimng care for new patients under 19 in response to President Donald Trump's executive order limiting the treatment. This goes against guidance from groups like the American Academy of Pediatrics. Cerise Castle reports.

Pam Bondi has been confirmed as Attorney General. She will oversee a Department of Justice that has stopped investigating police departments for civil rights violations. Cerise Castle spoke to victims who are are seeking help elsewhere.

Governor Newsom suspended environmental regulations to expedite the rebuilding of LA neighborhoods that were devastated by the recent fires, but some experts say the move was redundant and unfairly criticized environmental protections.

Black Altadena Rebuilds after the Eaton Fire with Guidance from Octavia Butler
Black Altadena Rebuilds after the Eaton Fire with Guidance from Octavia Butler

The Eaton fire ravaged a historic Black community in Altadena. Now, people are using the words of one of its most famous residents as guide to rebuild. Cerise Castle reports.

Militaries are one of the largest emittors of greenhouses gases. After wildfires in LA, American taxpayers are on the hook for cleaning up the latest climate catastrophe, as well as the emissions leading to conditions that can cause them. Cerise Castle has the story.

The wildfires devastating Los Angeles were largely fueled by climate change, according to experts. They now fear that record greenhouse gas levels will continue making those kinds of disasters worse and have lasting health impacts on people not directly threatened by flames.

Elon Musk has promised to slash at least 2 trillion dollars in government spending in his proposed role at the Department of Government Efficiency. Programs like Social Security, which keeps twenty 23 million Americans out of poverty, could be vulnerable.

In 2023, Los Angeles County saw hate crime reports spike by 45% from 2022. That rise was more than 20 times greater than the national increase, which FBI data places at less than 2%. That disparity may have more to do with reporting mechanisms rather than frequency of offenses.

The LA City Council has voted to advance a measure that would give hospitality workers a $30 an hour minimum wage by 2028. Cerise Castle has the story.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised more domestic oil production, but California's laws have led to a decline of drilling in the state. @ReporterCeriseCastle has the story.

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Capital & Main is an award-winning nonprofit publication that reports from California on the most pressing economic, environmental and social issues of our time. Winner of the 2016 Online Journalist of the Year prize from the Southern California Journalism Awards and a 2017 Best in the West award, Capital & Main has had stories co-published in more than 30 media outlets, from The Atlantic, Time, Reuters, The Guardian and Fast Company to The American Prospect, Grist, Slate and the Daily Beast. Working with top writers, editors and visual artists, we cover income inequality, climate change, the green economy, housing, health care, public education, immigration, race, and criminal justice. Capital & Main is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization.