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The Lede, Issue #36: ‘Binge Mode,’ the Next 10 Years of Pacific Standard, Jerry Brown’s Last Days in Office, and More

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Pacific Standard Staff

Traffic on Highway 4 travels along a canal in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

Economics

California’s Largest Proposed Water Storage Project Hits Regulatory Hurdles

Regulators warnings that the Sites Reservoir may have to cut its stated water storage goals have thrown the future of the ambitious project into doubt.

Matt Weiser

A homeless man walks down the street in the downtown Skid Row area of Los Angeles, California.

Social Justice

‘What Was Originally a Temporary Plan Got Kind of Comfortable’: One Man’s Experience Being Homeless in California

Pacific Standard writer Jack Denton speaks with a childhood friend about the daily realities of living without a home.

Jack Denton

Social Justice

Inside California’s Ongoing Sanctuary State Battle

A court decision in favor of an Orange County city seeking to exempt itself from the California Values Act likely marks the escalation of a protracted legal standoff.

Massoud Hayoun

New U.S. citizen Davies Garcia, 11, originally from Mexico, stands with his sister, Valerie, during a naturalization ceremony conducted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on September 14th, 2018, in Los Angeles, California.

‘Families Are Living in Fear’: How a Trump Administration Proposal Is Harming Immigrants

Fear of repercussions is keeping immigrant families from using public benefit programs like the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

Emily Moon

California Governor Jerry Brown speaks during a press conference at the California State Capitol on March 7th, 2018, in Sacramento, California.

In a Final Round of Signatures and Vetoes, California’s Governor Takes Some Legislative Risks

At the end of his last term, Jerry Brown is showing willingness to clash with opposition both within the state and at the national level.

Jack Herrera

The Lede, Issue #35: A Historic Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing, Blood Orange, Homelessness in L.A., and More

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Pacific Standard Staff

A police car stops near a homeless encampment on April 19th, 2006, in Los Angeles, California.

Social Justice

For Los Angeles’ Homeless, Fears Persist of a ‘Cruel and Pistol-Happy’ Police Force

Despite a federal court ruling that reinforces the rights of the homeless, Skid Row residents live in fear of losing what little they have.

Jack Denton

The Lede, Issue #34: The Making of Our Current Cover, California’s Progressive History, World War I Photography, and More

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Pacific Standard Staff

Chester Gillmore, senior vice president of manufacturing at Planet, introduces a satellite during a media tour at Planet's manufacturing facility in San Francisco on September 11th, 2018, during the Global Climate Action Summit.

Environment

A Big Party for a Small Satellite

A hip factory in downtown San Francisco is producing miniature satellites with major implications for climate research and environmental preservation—and also for privacy.

Alissa Greenberg