California lawmakers are considering new rules for electric bikes as safety concerns grow on roads and trails. But experts say much of the data behind those concerns is misleading.

Reporter: Gerardo Zavala, CapRadio

New research from UC Santa Cruz shows climate change is a bigger threat to California’s native trees than previously thought.

Reporter: Erin Malsbury, KAZU

To the north of the Imperial Valley, another battleground is emerging in the debate over AI data centers. Residents are pushing back against a large data center campus in the city of Coachella.

Reporter: Kori Suzuki, KPBS

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We’re less than a week away from the start of voting in California’s June primary and the race for governor remains up for grabs. On Tuesday night, the leading candidates made their pitch to voters in a CBS debate at Pomona College - east of Los Angeles, and things got messy.

Guest: Guy Marzorati, KQED

In a move immigration and privacy advocates call a “betrayal,” California is preparing to share detailed information about its driver’s license holders with a national database that connects DMVs. Opponents say the move could put more than a million undocumented people who have California driver’s licenses at risk.

Reporter: Khari Johnson, CalMatters

The city of Marina in Monterey County is reactivating a 30-year-old desalination plant to help boost water supply.

Reporter: Ngozi Cole, KAZU

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A health care labor union in California submitted more than 1.5 million signatures this week to place a billionaire tax on the November ballot.

Reporter: Izzy Bloom, KQED

It’s been two months since the war in Iran began, and the resulting energy crisis has made the cost of driving a major concern here for millions of Californians. In a state where people rely heavily on cars, the rising costs are forcing some drivers to make financial sacrifices, with some giving up the car altogether.

Reporter: Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman, KQED

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Today in Oakland, two of the most powerful men in tech are set to face off in a federal courtroom. Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is suing Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI.

Reporter: Rachael Myrow, KQED

State courts will start tracking and reporting on immigration arrests at their facilities, starting in June. That’s after the policymaking body for California courts approved a new rule Friday.

Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED

It’s spring cleaning season, and that can involve wiping off something most of us may not otherwise notice: dust. But for researchers at UC Merced and throughout California, dust is much more top of mind. These particles, they say, affect many parts of life and not just our health.

Reporter: Rachel Livinal

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Courthouse arrests by ICE have been ramping up across California, particularly in the Inland Empire where court raids have become almost a daily occurrence. In response, two state senators have introduced bills in the California Legislature that aim to curb raids at courthouses. 

Reporter: Anthony Victoria, KVCR

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For many Californians, mobile home parks are one of the last real affordable paths to homeownership. Residents typically own their homes, but rent the land beneath them.

In recent years corporate investors have sought to buy this land and in some cases seek to maximize profit. But this arrangement can leave homeowners vulnerable.

The California Report’s Madi Bolaños has spent the last two years looking into one of these companies, Harmony Communities. Many of its residents say they’ve been dealing with unfair rent increases and fear eviction.

These tensions are unfolding in a quiet mobile home park in the Bay Area city of San Pablo.

Reporter: Madi Bolanos, KQED

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The policy-making body that oversees California's court system plans to vote on a proposal this Friday that would require courts to collect data on civil arrests inside the state's courthouses. It comes amid a rise in arrests by federal immigration agents of undocumented people inside and near courthouse across the state and throughout the U.S.

California counties will be able to continue dedicating the bulk of their federal homelessness funds towards permanent housing. That’s because a move by the Trump administration to shift funding priorities towards temporary and sober housing is now on hold following a legal victory this week.

Reporter: Marisa Kendall, CalMatters

A program incentivizing large ships to slow along the state’s coastline when whales are present goes into effect statewide today

Reporter: Danielle Venton, KQED

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Normally, county clerk races don’t get that much attention. But in Shasta County, two candidates are fighting for the future of elections in a place that’s garnered national attention for years now.

Reporter: Roman Battaglia, Jefferson Public Radio

Former State Controller Betty Yee is ending her campaign for California governor, citing flagging poll numbers and a shrinking donor base.

Reporter: Izzy Bloom, KQED

A man shot by Immigration Agents in Patterson, California earlier this month will remain in custody over concerns that he could be a flight risk.

Reporter: Billy Cruz, The California Report

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Along the banks of the San Joaquin River in Fresno County, an unusual soil has sparked heated, public conversations. That’s because, it’s not your typical soil. And the process that creates it is only legal in a handful of states.

Reporter: Samantha Rangel, KVPR

Reporter: Keith Mizuguchi, The California Report

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California is the first state in the country to require folic acid in corn masa flour—the key ingredient in foods like tortillas. The move could help prevent serious birth defects, which occur at higher rates among Latino families. Alabama is set to follow this summer, and other states are considering similar laws.

Reporter: Lesley McClurg, KQED

A new, proposed train service could connect San Luis Obispo to the Bay Area - in time for the 2028 LA Olympics.

Reporter: Kendra Hanna, KCBX

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