Shreya Agrawal

Parents say flavored medication can help ensure their kids finish a prescription. Far fewer California pharmacies are offering that service as they await new rules from a state regulator.

Californians in two industries are set to get new minimum wages just for them next year, and that could lead to pay bumps for other workers, too.

Fast food workers rally at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 31, 2023. (Rahul Lal/CalMatters)

By Levi Sumagaysay and Shreya Agrawal | CalMatters Californians in two industries are set to get new minimum wages just for them next year, and that could lead to pay bumps for other workers, too.

Fast food workers rally at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 31. Gov. Gavin Newsom in September signed a law that raises the minimum wage for the industry to $20 an hour. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters

Editor’s note: As 2023 draws to a close, The Signal is presenting CalMatters’ wrap-up stories on some of the key bills that reached the governor’s desk at the close of the 2023 legislative session. Here’s the CalMatters summary of a bill designed to improve food safety.

About 300,000 Californians have lost Medi-Cal coverage since the state resumed eligibility checks. You have options if you get a notice about your coverage.

It took only a short weekend in upstate New York for Alanna Birch to realize something in her life had been deeply missing.

Since Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a terror attack against Israel, young people across the country have looked with alarm at Israel’s military action and the U.S. support for it.

This election is to fill six Active-category seats and the single Associate-category seat on the Board of Directors, each for three-year terms. Seats up for election this year are currently held by Active Representatives Tony Barboza, Rico Moore, Mark Schapiro, Tik Root, Annie Ropeik and Luke Runyon. The Associate seat is currently held by Jennifer Bogo.