Transitioning to Renewable Energy Isn’t So Simple. Just Look at California.
Solar panel array in Irwindale, California.Ringo Chiu/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Slate and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. The recent “heat storm” in California has pushed grid operators to impose rolling blackouts for the first time since…
California Will Release Up to 8,000 Prisoners by Summer’s End
Tents for treating COVID-19 patients at San Quentin prisonJustin Sullivan/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Up to 8,000 incarcerated people across California will be released by the end of August in response to the COVID-19 crisis in the state’s prison system, the California Department of Corrections and…
How a PG&E Contractor With a Sketchy Past Made Millions After California’s Deadliest Fire
A boy walks through the remains of his home, one of thousands destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, in November 2018, which was caused by PG&E electric lines. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom…
Coronavirus Cases Skyrocket at Bay Area Prison After Inmate Transfers
Justin Sullivan/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On April 13, 1918, a prisoner from the Los Angeles County Jail was sent north to the California State Prison at San Quentin. The prisoner was sick at the time he was transferred; he had suffered “pains over his body…
Western States Lead the Way in Vote-By-Mail Elections
Wearing gloves, an election worker collect ballots from a drop box.John Froschauer/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in High Country News and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. As the first wave of COVID-19 hits communities during primary season, states…
California Is Sending Every Voter a Ballot This Fall. The Rest of the Country Is Running Out of Time.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom.Watchara Phomicinda/Orange County Register via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.California Gov. Gavin Newsom notched a major victory for the ongoing push for increased mail voting Friday when he ordered that all of the state’s 20.6 million voters be mailed a ballot…