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Immigration and Customs Enforcement · CaliforniaBy Wendy Fry | CalMatters If you found out your neighbor had a past criminal conviction, your knee-jerk reaction might be that you’d want them relocated. But what if that person committed a burglary in their late teens, served years in state prison, turned their life around, and now mentors at-risk youth? Do the details matter? Researchers found that they do. A new poll by Goodwin Simon Strategic Research examines California voters’ attitudes to…See the Story
‘We May Be Deporting the Wrong People’: New Poll Shows Doubts About Immigration Crackdown
70% Center coverage: 10 sources
Donald Trump · CaliforniaBy Carolyn Jones | CalMatters Sleep is a rare commodity at Lindsay Crain’s house. Most nights, she and her husband are up dozens of times, tending to their daughter’s seizures. The 16-year-old flails her arms, thrashes and kicks — sometimes for hours. But these days, that’s not the only thing keeping Crain awake. The Culver City mother worries about how President Donald Trump’s myriad budget cuts could strip their daughter of services she needs …See the Story
California’s Disabled Students Face ‘Terrifying’ Special Ed Cuts After Trump Changes
60% Center coverage: 10 sources
Pollution · San DiegoCounty Supervisor Paloma Aguirre near Saturn Boulevard and a section of the Tijuana River on Nov. 21, 2025. (Photo by Adriana Heldiz/ CalMatters) This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Hours after a November storm, the Tijuana River flooded a grove of trees in Imperial Beach, gushed through a row of calverts and exploded into mounds of fetid foam. This is ground zero for the contaminated river, which s…See the Story
How Paloma Aguirre Forged Path From Surfer to Politician in Border Sewage Fight
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