Quakes, nuts and 66ers: It's baseball, California style! From Lake Elsinore and Rancho Cucamonga to Stockton and Visalia, the California League entertains baseball fans while reflecting some of the struggles faced by the state as whole.

California should give non-citizens the vote Voting is fundamental to a democratic society, but millions of California residents can't cast ballots because they aren't citizens. Joe Mathews says the state would benefit from their participation in electoral politics.

Big battles raise big questions for California State leaders need to take a more inclusive approach if they want the country to follow our lead.

Salute the Bear Flag this Independence Day Calexit was a failure, but there's a new movement that's being launched to give California more autonomy, if not outright independence. It could make sense, because the state is already going its own way on many key issues.

San Diego is conservative, but it's not Trumpian San Diego has been a Republican-leaning city for a long time, so residents should be thrilled that Donald Trump is in the White House, right?

A Golden (State) era of festivals Sure, you've heard of Coachella and the Monterey Jazz Fest, but the reality is that California is packed border-to-border with festivals of every stripe. So much so that Zócalo columnist Joe Mathews says the festival craze may be reaching its tipping point.

Sacramento turns its attention to California housing crunch California lawmakers are devising carrots and sticks to spur cities and counties to build more housing. Zócalo columnist Joe Mathews says a state takeover of the development process may be just what California needs.

Blame it on Berkeley The city of Berkeley and its eponymous university are taking heat from both the right and left over a series of violent political clashes. Zócalo columnist Joe Mathews says go ahead and scapegoat Berkeley, it can take it.