Courtesy of Cal OES.Progress is being made toward the cleanup of thousands of homes sites that were destroyed last year by California wildfires.

Story by Bob Moffitt.

Credit: Andrew Nixon / Capital Public RadioCampaign finance reports for local candidates would have to be posted online under a new bill proposed at the Capitol. Those same documents for state and federal candidates must already be available on the Internet.

Story by Chris Nichols.

Voters cast ballots in person at the Maple Neighborhood Center in South Sacramento. Credit: Andrew Nixon / Capital Public RadioThere’s new data out on which Californians voted in the November election. And it turns out — not all those pre-election predictions came true.

Story by Ben Adler.

Monday, February 11, 2019

Gov. Gavin Newsom presents his 2019-2020 California budget proposal. Credit: Ben Adler/Capital Public RadioThat $21 billion surplus Gov. Gavin Newsom projected in his budget proposal might not be quite so big after all. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office says personal income tax revenues came in nearly $2.7 billion below expectations last month.

Story by Ben Adler.

Credit: Joe Mabel / WikimediaCalifornia's cement industry could be overhauled if Sierra Club California and a Bay Area assemblyman get their way.

Story by Ezra David Romero.

Credit: Andrew Nixon / Capital Public RadioCalifornia lawmakers, community activists, and civil liberties groups have proposed a police use-of-force bill, one day after law enforcement groups put forth their own measure.

Story by Ben Adler.

Friday, February 8, 2019

A Border Patrol vehicle rides beside an already existing portion of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border south of San Diego. Credit: Sandy Huffaker / Getty Images / via NPRPresident Trump claimed in his State of the Union Address that San Diego’s border wall “almost completely ended illegal crossings.” PolitiFact California fact-checked that claim and found it was more than just a wall that led to the dramatic drop.

Story by Chris Nichols.

Find more fact-checks at Politifact.com/California.

File Photo / AP / via Capital Public RadioPG&E says it's going to revamp its wildfire-prevention strategy, which may leave customers in the dark when the risk of flames is high.

Story by Ezra David Romero.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra delivers the Spanish-language State of the Union response from McClatchy High School in Sacramento on Feb. 5, 2019. Credit: Andrew Nixon / Capital Public RadioCalifornia Attorney General Xavier Becerra is refusing to budge when it comes to releasing law enforcement misconduct records required under a new state law.

Story by Nadine Sebai.

Thursday, February 7, 2019