CALMATTERS

• Court rules against California’s first carbon capture project, a key piece of state climate plans
  November 5, 2026
  A Kern County judge ruled that approval of California’s first operating carbon capture and storage project — a technology the state is counting on to meet its climate goals — violated state environmental law and […]
• California tiene un punto problemático en el recuento de votos. Es el condado supervisado por un negacionista de las elecciones
  November 5, 2026
  El único condado de California que tiene problemas para contar las papeletas es Shasta, cuya oficina electoral está dirigida por Clint Curtis, uno de los negacionistas de las elecciones de Trump.
• What Gavin Newsom’s commutations mean for the death penalty in the U.S.
  November 5, 2026
  If approved by the California Supreme Court, the number of people sentenced to death nationwide would drop by nearly a third.
• Mayor-elect Nithya Raman inherits a Los Angeles full of promise and burdened by challenges
  November 5, 2026
  Nithya Raman positioned herself as an outsider to mainstream Los Angeles politics. The mayor-elect will quickly face an array of significant challenges.
• Gavin Newsom seeks to clear death row, commutes sentences for hundreds of prisoners
  November 5, 2026
  Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted death sentences for 548 state prisoners, saying "state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California’s values." Victims rights advocates criticized his decision.
• How did California’s gerrymander work out? Better than Texas’
  November 5, 2026
  To win control of the U.S. House, Democrats needed to secure at least 218 seats. By Wednesday night, the party won at least 240 — picking up more than two dozen additional seats, and flipping […]
• New deadline for phaseout of gas water heaters gives Bay Area homeowners one more year 
  November 5, 2026
  Up to half of Bay Area households can skip electric water heaters under an updated rule by air regulators. Residents not exempt have one more year to comply.