Typically, FAFSA information from students with undocumented parents isn’t shared with immigration officials. That may change under Trump.

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A merger between Cal Poly and Cal Maritime is expected to pass a final vote by Cal State tomorrow after being approved in committee today.

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The University of California system will place evacuation chairs in all multi-storied buildings for disability access to emergency exits.

California’s three public university systems are formalizing climate plans to fall in line with the state’s 2045 carbon neutrality goal.

A financial aid glitch prevented students whose parents lacked Social Security numbers from completing their federal applications.

Fentanyl overdoses and suicides are killing more people in California jails. Gov. Newsom's new policies are taking shape as the deaths continue.

Students said they were given little information about when and if the devices would be returned, and many wondered if they’d lose access to the work they saved.

What Californians need to know to vote in the March 5 primary election.

Here are answers to some common questions for voting in the 2024 California election, plus what U.S. Senate candidates say they would do.

San Francisco will soon decide whether to let police use drones in high-speed car chases, among other things.

Despite California law requiring colleges to hand out overdose reversal medication Narcan, some students still don’t have access.

The University of California regents suspended for a year a proposed plan to allow undocumented students to work campus jobs.

Cal State faculty ends their strike at the end of their first day of a planned week-long walkout, agreeing to a 5% raise.

The faculty at Cal State strike at all 23 campuses. The union of 29,000 seeks 12% raises this year, among other benefits.

A wage theft settlement with the Cheesecake Factory is one of the first uses of a California law to hold bigger companies accountable.

Several significant new California laws start in 2024, affecting schools. workplaces and pocketbooks Here’s a roundup.

Only UCLA and Cal State Long Beach have repatriated a majority of their Native American remains and artifacts to local tribes.

Nursing student enrollment has nearly doubled in private universities, which are growing to meet the demand of California’s nursing shortage.

The Exclusive Poultry Inc. agreed to pay $3.8 million in wages, damages and penalties in part for hiring children for dangerous work.

Los Angeles homeless nonprofit HOPICS’ failure to pay rent on time led to sudden evictions for vulnerable tenants, interviews and records show.

California's Legislative Analyst's Office projects a $68 billion budget deficit for 2024-25 and suggests using reserves and cutting spending.

As Cal State rejects a 12% increase in faculty salaries, the California Faculty Association stages the first of four one-day strikes.

The rate of Cal State salary increases for chancellor and presidents have outpaced faculty. Executives say their pay still lags behind the national average.

The high-stakes Newsom-DeSantis debate devolved into name-calling and arguing over facts — with the backdrop of the presidential campaign.

Play a political version of fantasy football as you watch the Newsom-DeSantis debate. Which topics and pet phrases will come up?