Every week, Zócalo columnist and fourth-generation Southern Californian Joe Mathews talks to Morning Edition host Chery Glaser about 21st-century California's people, politics, trends and idiosyncrasies.
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Joe Mathews: Why California’s decision to shut down schools for a year should be investigated
EducationJoe Mathews says, “If America needs a 1/6 commission, then California must have a 3/13 commission.”
Parking lots get a bad rap, but pandemic shows value of wide-open urban spaces, says Joe Mathews
Transportation"Have not parking lots provided great utility, even life-saving service, during the COVID plague?
California’s budget is bursting with new spending. Joe Mathews says we need to pump the brakes
Business & EconomyJoe Mathews says that focusing on the state budget, when it appears in good shape, obscures California’s systemic failures.
Joe Mathews on the fight over groundwater rights in the California desert
EnvironmentAll of California is officially facing drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor . And much of the state is in extreme or severe drought after the dry winter.
Joe Mathews: Supreme Court lays bare its California bias
CaliforniaThe U.S. Supreme Court caused a stir this week when it agreed to weigh in on a case that could pose a direct challenge to Roe vs. Wade and access to abortion.
Joe Mathews: Gray Davis couldn’t save his own job, but maybe he can save Gavin Newsom’s
CaliforniaFormer California Governor Gray Davis might be the most powerful ally for Governor Gavin Newsom and the state’s ruling Democrats in defeating this year’s recall campaign.
Joe Mathews: We can’t trust big tech and big government to run the internet
Science & TechnologyJoe Mathews says national governments and tech companies are not up to the job of regulating the worldwide web.
Joe Mathews: California’s bullet train needs Joe Biden to save it
TransportationJoe Mathews writes that the real problem of California’s high-speed rail project is management, not money.
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EducationThe magnet school, called the Roybal School of Film and Television Production, is supposed to improve the pipeline for below-the-line jobs in Hollywood.
$80 for eight-minute Uber ride? What's driving high rideshare prices and low availability
TransportationPeople looking for an Uber or Lyft are finding spiking rates, long wait times, or a total lack of availability.
"What the Fuks?"
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