CALMATTERS: Progressives frustrated by failure to enact their agenda in deep blue California | Columns
Seemingly, California is a deeply blue state in which Democrats hold virtually all of the levers of political power, including…
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CALMATTERS: Successful reading skills upgrade offers a lesson for California politicians | Columns
A decade ago, California’s political apparatus finally recognized a yawning achievement gap in its public schools, separating poor and English-learner…
CALMATTERS: Cowboys vs. Seahawks game was a better show than Newsom vs. DeSantis | Columns
What is there to say about Thursday night’s much-hyped “debate” between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis?…
CALMATTERS: What went wrong at EDD? An investigation of its managerial meltdown
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CALMATTERS: Closed-off Interstate 10 is no stranger to major damage or political attention | Columns
If any freeway is a cultural icon, it is Interstate 10, which stretches more than 2,460 miles through eight southern…
CALMATTERS: California will finally see a highly competitive contest for U.S. Senate | Columns
California has seen some humdinger contests for its U.S. Senate seats, but none worthy of note in this century. Two…
The end of the actors’ strike seemed within reach. Why is a SAG-AFTRA deal taking so long? | TV News
About this time last week, the major Hollywood studios were optimistic and the performers union SAG-AFTRA was cautiously optimistic that…
‘Percy Jackson & the Olympians’ EPs Talk Adapting & Honoring Books, Plus Reactions to Early Footage | Features
An armor-clad Percy Jackson (Walker Scobell) looks out into a forest at Camp Half-Blood in Percy Jackson and the Olympians…
Backtracking: In our times: Music Industry program at SUNY got its roots planted in 1983 | Columns
Little did those five students realize, who enrolled in a new course called “Music in the Marketplace” at what was…
Hollywood studios put 'best and final' deal forward. WGA strike nears an ending – Albany Herald
Striking Writers Guild of America workers picket outside the Sunset Bronson Studios building on May 2, in Los Angeles. ……