Paul Lewis

If you’re looking for a New Year’s resolution that will really make a difference, consider swearing off the phrase “character of the community.”

Some people in Merced had high hopes for the bullet train, but now the Central Valley city will just be the terminus of a train line to nowhere.

President Trump’s intelligence team went to Capitol Hill this week for their yearly update to the Congress. But Trump did not like what they said and how it was covered.

Californians are either really bad at choosing county sheriffs, or the system isn’t working. Maybe it’s both.

Will the teachers strike lead to structural changes in LA’s public schools? Deep problems such as financing and middle-class flight remain.

Thousands of young migrants descend on Northern California’s Emerald Triangle every year to trim marijuana plants.

There’s another big awards show this weekend in Los Angeles. And this one, like some others, is trying to move past controversy that concerns inclusion.

Some of the best films last year came out of the city Oakland, but the Film Academy apparently didn’t notice.

Higher salaries, larger class sizes, more counselors, librarians and nurses.