California
Long Beach is rolling out a pilot program that will provide as many as 10 homeowners low- to zero-interest loans of up to $250,000 to build ADUs on their property. Those units would then be rented out to lower-income individuals or families.
Sept. 19, 2024
Science & Medicine
Aging infrastructure, short-term thinking and ambitions that far exceed its funding are among the problems facing NASA, according to a new report.
Sept. 12, 2024
Housing & Homelessness
Step Up On Second Street helped inspire California’s Project Homekey to convert hotels into housing; now it denies responsibility for missing money and failed projects.
Sept. 17, 2024
World & Nation
Iran says it launched a satellite into space with a rocket built by the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Sept. 14, 2024
As the Israel-Hamas war heightens interest in the contested Middle East land, UC Berkeley will launch an endowed program and chair on Palestinian and Arab studies.
Sept. 10, 2024
Opinion
Some workers report feeling excluded by equity programs. That’s useful feedback: Expand DEI to do better.
Aug. 28, 2024
The Homeland Security Department ends the program’s suspension after finding no widespread fraud among U.S. sponsors for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Aug. 29, 2024
UCLA Sports
The UCLA women’s cross country and track and field programs have agreed to comply with a variety of NCAA penalties due to recruiting violations.
The celebrity’s advocacy against what she calls the “troubled teen industry” could lead to a new law in California.
Responding to a challenge from red states, a federal judge in Texas pauses Biden administration policy that would give spouses of U.S. citizens legal immigration status.
Aug. 27, 2024