Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that impact Santa Barbara County readers.

A new wildfire was reported today at 3:20 p.m. in Santa Clara County, California. CA-LUR-DISK Fire has been burning on ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 3:19 p.m. in Santa Clara County, California. CA-LUR-GRAND Fire has been burning on ...

The longtime elected official — who is stepping down this week — says he decided early on to turn the tables on the negative ...

The woman was booked into jail for child endangerment, intimidating or dissuading a witness or victim and filing a false ...

A 9-year-old boy reported missing earlier this week was found safe after authorities determined his mother staged the ...

The mother of a recently found missing child was arrested for fabricating her son’s disappearance, according to the Milpitas ...

The mother of a 9-year-old Milpitas boy she reported missing to authorities earlier in the week, was arrested for filing a ...

Rohnita Prasad reported her 9-year-old, Harshail Kumar, as missing.  But after the Milpitas Police Department investigated, ...

U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren is one of a dozen California representatives to Congress who criticized Trump’s budget request for the ...

Private sector surveillance capitalism, increasingly empowered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), is fueling explosive growth of hyperscale data centers here in Virginia and across America.

It’s hard to justify ballooning costs when newer technologies offer faster, cleaner and more flexible alternatives.