2025 California Journalism Awards Finalists Announced

The finalists for the 2025 California Journalism Awards are here, and they represent some of the strongest work produced in newsrooms across the state this past year. From watchdog reporting to compelling storytelling, these entries highlight the depth, creativity, and impact of California journalism at its best.

We’re excited to recognize this year’s finalists and can’t wait to start announcing winners next week. Keep an eye on the CNPA website and our social media channels as we roll out honorees and celebrate the journalists making a difference in communities up and down the state.

Agricultural Reporting

• Abridged: Yolo County farmers worry their water will disappear as big orchards move in
• Capital & Main: Betrayed Again by Washington 50 Years After the Vietnam War?
• Capital & Main: California’s Child Farmworkers: Exhausted, Underpaid and Toiling in Toxic Fields
• Capital & Main: The David vs. Goliath Story of a Ranching Family and an Oil Giant
• Comstock’s Magazine: Home on the Range: The Central Valley tradition of cattle ranching faces an uncertain future
• GV Wire: 1.1 Million Bee Colonies Died This Winter. Race Is On to Learn Why.
• GV Wire: Key Forecast Killed After Almond Price Collapse. Was It a Knee-Jerk Decision?
• India Currents: Cultivating Saffron & Community In Santa Clara Valley
• Los Angeles Times: California farmers brace for consequences as Trump’s tariffs bring economic upheaval
• Los Angeles Times: The iconic California avocado is in trouble, and this farmer is fighting to save it
• Mid Valley Times: State of ag industry is ripe with challenges, opportunity
• Monterey County Weekly: The changing landscape of wine grapes.
• Monterey Herald: Finding ways to protect farmworkers
• Santa Barbara Independent: Santa Barbara Sparks California’s Agave Explosion
• The Business Journal: Fields of debt
• The Business Journal: The Final Pour
• The Press Democrat: Ranching era in Point Reyes National Seashore set to end as landmark settlement clouds future for ranchers, farmworkers
• The Press Democrat: Sonoma County farmers, resilient amid uncertainty
• The Sun-Gazette: Deportations stand to destabilize Tulare County economy
• The Tribune: SLO County farms rely on temporary visas amid labor shortage. Is it working?
• The Trinity Journal: Cannabis variances
• Times-Standard: Lost Coast Spinnery brings wool production back to Humboldt County
• Ventura County Star: Farmers push for immigration reform in wake of raids

Artistic Photo

• Capital & Main: Smoke drifts over Will Rogers State Beach during the Palisades fire
• Capital & Main: The Virgin of Guadalupe in Dolores Mission Church
• Claremont Courier: Busy backyard bees
• Claremont Courier: Disney style desert oasis
• Claremont Courier: Hazy day between the San Gabriel Mountains
• Claremont Courier: Mirror image
• CSU Fresno-The Collegian: ‘Culture and Chrome’ car show revs up in Tower District
• India Currents: Creating the face of a Kathakali dancer for the Battery Dance Festival (image credit: Hari Adivarekar)
• Los Angeles Times: Chimpanzees at the L.A. Zoo
• Los Angeles Times: Class in the clouds
• Napa Valley Register: Autism Acceptance Walk
• Napa Valley Register: Chateau Barber Shop
• Napa Valley Register: Folklorico Quetzali (Tree Lighting)
• Napa Valley Register: The Wall That Heals
• San Bernardino Sun: Welcome to the family
• San Francisco Chronicle: Artistic Photo: Jessica Christian
• The Desert Sun: Moon glow
• The Press Democrat: Life in Sonoma County
• The Record: Poppies along the river
• The Salinas Californian: Mularists get to work in downtown Salinas
• Times-Herald: A journey through imagination
• Ventura County Star: Cowboys honor Oxnard during opening ceremony of training camp
• Visalia Times-Delta: Ron Holman
• Voice of OC: More Orange County Cities Grapple With E-bike Regulations, Youth Safety

Arts & Entertainment Coverage

• Abridged: Something is changing in the bookstore world and Sacramento shops are ready for it
• Abridged: Tired of driving to the Bay? How midsize music venues could propel Sacramento into a new era
• Bay Area Reporter: Todd Haynes is ‘Far from Safe’; – Innovative film director’s retrospective at Pacific Film Archive
• Beverly Hills Courier: Byron Allen | How His Extraordinary Journey Created a Media Empire
• Beverly Hills Courier: Gustavo Dudamel: The Legacy of a Megastar Maestro | Feature Interview
• ChicoSol: Debajito: a call to dance, a call to action
• Coachella Valley Independent: Matt King Venues Coverage
• Daily Press: An interview with puppets: Hesperia artists to drop Halloween album with help from puppet friends
• India Currents: Bharatnatyam Found Me & I Found My Rhythm Again
• India Currents: William Dalrymple On ‘The Golden Road’: How Ancient India Shaped The World
• Los Angeles Times: Music Investigations by August Brown
• Los Angeles Times: On the nexus of politics and the arts
• Palo Alto Weekly: Art exhibition explores Palo Alto’s ‘hidden’ public spaces
• Palo Alto Weekly: This band has all the pluck: Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain plays at Stanford Live Special publications
• Petaluma Argus-Courier: Petaluma clubs and theaters
• Redwood City Pulse: Silhouette Burlesque brings bold performances to The Hub in Redwood City
• San Francisco Chronicle: How queer Gen Zers are transforming S.F.’s nightlife scene
• San Francisco Chronicle: The biggest Bay Area arts hit and misses of 2025
• Santa Barbara Independent: Santa Barbara’s Fall Arts Season is Looking as Vibrant and Colorful as Ever
• Santa Clara Weekly: Fremont Students Up Front in Mission Chamber Orchestra’s Season Opener
• Santa Maria Sun: A nonprofit’s residency program merges creativity and nature
• The Almanac: Musician finds the hidden songs in sticks and stones and penguin bones
• The Almanac: The mighty winds: Music@Menlo concert hails often overlooked ensemble
• The Almanac: Treasure hunt: How the Filoli estate is rebuilding its collection
• The Modesto Bee: Historian honored by Modesto museum discovered shocking truth on McHenry family
• The Press Democrat: At Healdsburg Jazz, Marcus Shelby builds community through music
• The Press Democrat: Santa Rosa veteran honored by John Mayer for helping fellow soldiers
• The Press Democrat: Sonoma County native Morgan Spector soars as ruthless tycoon in HBO series ‘The Gilded Age’
• The Sacramento Observer: Neenma Ebeledike
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: World Ballet Company’s version of the 1925 story features ballet with jazz influences along with choreography and music by two Russian ex-pats
• Times-Standard: A tribute to the Bee Gees
• Zócalo Public Square: Hip-Hop’s Coming of Age in Stockton

Audience/Community Engagement Award

• Local News Pasadena: Si Se Puede Community Journalism Project
• Lookout Santa Cruz: Lookout Santa Cruz, Tasty Event Series
• Los Angeles Times: In Case of Fire
• The Orange County Register: Bookish
• The Sun-Gazette: News & Brews
• The Tribune: Tribune sues Paso Robles: Q&A

Best Newsletter

• Abridged: Abridged by PBS KVIE morning newsletter
• Abridged: City of Treats – Abridged by PBS KVIE
• Abridged: Cultural Capital – Abridged by PBS KVIE
• Capital & Main: Beyond the Border
• Coachella Valley Independent: 11 Days a Week
• Coachella Valley Independent: Indy Digest
• Comstock’s Magazine: Weekly Headlines Newsletter
• Los Angeles Times: Dodgers Dugout
• Los Angeles Times: Essential California
• Los Angeles Times: Plants
• Monterey County Weekly: Monterey County Now
• Palo Alto Weekly: The Peninsula Foodist
• Santa Barbara Independent: Full Belly Files
• SJV Water: The Splash
• The Tribune: From the Tribune weekly subscriber-only newsleetter
• Zócalo Public Square: Zócalo Public Square’s newsletter

Best Podcast

• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: BEHIND THE GATE
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: FOLLOWING THE FLOAT
• De Anza College-La Voz News: Podcast 1: The moment you stop following the crowd: Checking-in with Jaden Reyna
• De Anza College-La Voz News: Podcast 2: Young chess master chooses practical life over pro career
• GV Wire: GV Wire’s Unfiltered Podcast
• Las Positas College-Express: Good Camille Hunting
• Los Angeles Daily Journal: In the Counsel’s Chair: Daralyn Durie on building a law firm
• Los Angeles Daily Journal: In the Counsel’s Chair: David Kaye on freedom of expression in the digital age
• Los Angeles Daily Journal: The Law of Rebuilding LA
• Los Angeles Times: Pandora’s Box
• Monta Vista High School: Literature teacher Doug Leresche shares his experience with activism
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: Oak Leaf Archives – Covering Controversy With Care
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: The Death of Character Episode 4: Superman

Breaking News

• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: TRAIN DERAILS OUTSIDE CPP
• Camarillo Acorn: ICE protest in Camarillo
• Castro Valley High School-The Olympian: Students flee hot stadium after bomb threat
• Daily Breeze: Hawthorne city treasurer charged with bank fraud, criminal forfeiture
• Daily Press: San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy killed in crash during pursuit through Victorville
• GV Wire: Capitol Rioter Ben Martin Savors Last Moments of Freedom Before Going to Prison
• GV Wire: Former Fresno Congressman TJ Cox Sentenced to a Year in Prison
• GV Wire: Fresno Restaurateur Bobby Salazar Charged by Feds With Arson
• Local News Pasadena: Eaton Fire Results in Massive Evacuation – Phil Hopkins
• Los Angeles Times: ICE raids, protests and politics in Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Times: L.A. fires: The first 24 hours
• Monta Vista High School: MVHS receives threats, prompting early dismissal and the cancellation of Career Day
• Monterey County Weekly: Coverage of a fatal shark attack.
• Pacific Coast Business Times: 200 people arrested by federal agents following Glass House raid
• Palo Alto Weekly: Bulos Zumot found guilty of 2009 murder after retrial
• Palo Alto Weekly: Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg voices
• Santa Barbara Independent: Federal Agents Deploy Smoke Bombs into Crowds During Raids of Glass House Farms Locations on Central Coast
• Simi Valley Acorn: Small aircraft crashes into Simi Valley homes, kills two
• SJV Water: Trump dump
• The Almanac: Atherton police detain former student after threat to Menlo-Atherton High School
• The Business Journal: A scoop of tradition: Zonneveld family takes over Hanford’s Superior Dairy
• The Business Journal: Bonta leads multistate effort challenging Border Patrol stops in Kern County
• The Desert Sun: ‘Intentional act of terrorism’ targets Palm Springs fertility clinic
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: John Beam shooting
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: Protests over Bay Area ICE deployment/ Coast Guard Island shooting/ ICE cancellation
• The Press Democrat: Deputy murder-suicide: Weeks before killing, Sonoma County deputy’s ex-partner alleged abuse history
• The Press Democrat: Pickett Fire menaces communities in eastern Napa County, burning through forest and vineyards
• The Press Democrat: Sonoma State University roiled by unprecedented cuts that eliminate dozens of academic tracks, all sports
• The Record: Stockton Mass Shooting
• The Salinas Californian: ‘David vs. Goliath’: Residents file lawsuit over Moss Landing battery storage fire
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Murphy Canyon plane crash
• The Tribune: Child killed in hit-and-run crash on El Camino Real in Atascadero; no arrests yet
• The Tribune: Live updates: Flames engulf iconic Templeton Feed & Grain towers in late-night fire
• The Tribune: Updates: Gifford Fire explodes to more than 800 acres; evacuations ordered
• The Trinity Journal: As his dream home burned
• The Trinity Journal: Missing infant found dead
• Voice of OC: How Did OC’s Most MAGA City Council End Up on Trump’s Sanctuary City List?
• Voice of OC: OC Democrat Lobbyist Gets Six Months in Jail for Attempted Wire Fraud

Columns

• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: OUR COUNTRY IS IN CRISIS: I’M SCARED; YOU SHOULD BE TOO
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: YOU CAN’T REBRAND GENOCIDE
• Capital & Main: California Uncovered
• Capital & Main: State of Inequality
• Capital & Main: The Arc
• Castro Valley High School-The Olympian: Brenda Huynh
• Claremont Courier: News flash: men do dumb stuff, and Kaliførnia dreamin’
• Claremont Courier: Searching for home in Tehachapi, and Breaking up with alcohol
• Daily Press: The evolution of Stagecoach Music Fest: From country music to cash grab
• De Anza College-La Voz News: Death of ‘high value women’ and De Anza’s social disconnect: empty halls, unheard voices
• GV Wire: Bill McEwen Column Series
• GV Wire: The Millennial View Column Series
• India Currents: Hidden in Plain Sight: The Truth About Desi Health
• Los Angeles Times: Columns on President Trump’s coordinated attacks on democracy
• Los Angeles Times: Commentary by Steve Lopez
• Los Angeles Times: ICE’s assault on Los Angeles
• Los Medanos College-Experience: 231-Column 1-Lauren Gannod
• Los Medanos College-Experience: 231-Column 2-Mylia Brooks
• Marin Independent Journal: Dick Spotswood
• Mid Valley Times: Notes From Home by Trudy Wischemann
• Mission Local: What can architecture do for 16th and Mission?
• Monta Vista High School: Radhika Dharmapurikar
• Monta Vista High School: Suhana Mahabal
• Monterey County Weekly: “The Local Spin”
• Napa Valley Register: Dan Evans/Start The Presses
• Napa Valley Register: Samie Hartley/Rough Draft
• Palo Alto Weekly: Diana Diamond: An Alternative View
• Petaluma Argus-Courier: Culture Junkie
• Pleasanton Weekly: Around the Valley – Watching city behavior
• Pleasanton Weekly: What A Week – Gut-checks for Pleasanton institutions
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: Leave All the New Year’s Resolutions Back in the Past
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: The Reality of Self-Studying for AP Exams
• San Joaquin Delta College-The Collegian: Borderlines by Andrea Baltodano
• Santa Barbara Independent: The Angry Poodle
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: Behind autism’s mask
• South Pasadena Review: Around Town: A Barber’s Son and Grandson
• The Desert Sun: Par for the course: Larry Bohannan
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: Max Taves
• The Orange County Register: Fleming: Humor on corruption
• The Press Democrat: Benefield columns: An abandoned kitten’s cross-country bike trip and a lost dog’s yearslong journey home
• The Press Democrat: Kerry Benefield’s columns on a year of historic change for Santa Rosa City Schools
• The Press Democrat: Kerry Benefield’s columns on sickened submariner Paul Critchett’s fight for his veteran’s benefits
• The Sun-Gazette: Notes from Home by Trudy Wischemann
• The Tribune: Tribune columnist grapples with sudden death of son AND This longtime SLO County reporter doesn’t cover fires anymore. Here’s why
• Ventura County Star: Woody Woodburn
• Voice of OC: Orange County Confronts ICE

Community Calendar

• Claremont Courier: What’s happening Claremont?
• Napa Valley Register: Napa Valley Register Community Calendar
• Santa Barbara Independent: Santa Barbara Independent’s The Week
• The Ark: Ark Entertainment Calendar
• VOICE Magazine: VOICE Magazine Calendars

Community Focus Award

• Bay Area Reporter: Advocates decry axing of CA LGBTQ youth mental health campaign
• Capital & Main: California’s Child Farmworkers: Exhausted, Underpaid and Toiling in Toxic Fields
• El Tecolote: Public Health & Wellness for Latina Immigrant Mothers
• Redwood City Pulse: Redwood City community breaks on ICE
• Santa Clara Weekly: Franck Mansion Brings Joy to Santa Clara Historic Home Tour
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: ‘Forcing change’ in San Diego County’s largest health care system (copy) (copy)
• The Sun-Gazette: Redwood students honor legacy of Edmond Wysinger
• Voice of OC: Immigration Sweeps Hit a Santa Ana Neighborhood on Father’s Day

Coverage of Business and the Economy

• Capital & Main: Dirty Money
• Capital & Main: Striking Back
• Coachella Valley Independent: Reins of Change: A Proposal to Build Out an Equestrian Community in the Eastern Coachella Valley Promises Badly Needed Infrastructurebut Could Lead to Gentrification
• Comstock’s Magazine: The Industry Is Struggling, but Regional Vintners Think Wine Can Still Win
• Los Angeles Times: A billionaire’s son sold investors on the ‘ultimate man cave.’ Was any of it real?
• Los Angeles Times: Fires reveal insurance crisis that was years in the making
• Los Angeles Times: While L.A. burned, SoCal Edison profited
• Mid Valley Times: Sanger’s Mi Linda Tierra pays tribute to its history
• Monterey County Weekly: Covering the weird new world of flying cars.
• Napa Valley Register: Tariffs, slow tourism, tough year: Napa shops push into holiday mode
• North Bay Business Journal: What’s Old is New Again
• Pleasanton Weekly: Tri-Valley Downtown Series
• Redwood City Pulse: Cannabis retailers in Redwood City generate about $1M tax revenue annually
• Redwood City Pulse: Oracle’s $300B OpenAI deal shadows Redwood City layoffs
• San Francisco Chronicle: AI wealth has created a new dynamic in S.F. real estate: Not enough mansions
• Santa Clara Weekly: Jewelry Store Robberies
• The Acorn: From Castles to Vineyards, River Cruising Booms in 2025
• The Bakersfield Californian: Kern County loses out on massive state economic grants
• The Business Journal: Local butchers, ranchers respond to soaring beef prices
• The Desert Sun: From vacant to vibrant: How Indio is revitalizing downtown with new shops, dining, homes
• The Press Democrat: Rohnert Park recycler’s expansion thwarted amid health concerns
• The Press Democrat: Sebastopol business owner, founder of inaugural Bloom Festival, dogged by park promises, nonprofit questions
• The Press Democrat: Wine Country in Crisis
• The Press-Enterprise: 131-year-old Graber Olive House in Ontario is in foreclosure
• The Record: Fat City Brew loses owner to cancer
• The Sacramento Observer: Sacramento responds to national black Friday boycott movement
• The Salinas Californian: In times of uncertainty young Salinas food entrepreneurs forge their own path
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: For years, Amazon has been overcharging for sales tax in areas throughout San Diego County
• The Sun-Gazette: New owners ‘OnDeck’ for Visalia Rawhide
• The Tribune: Bang the Drum brewery, SLO church told to move after building declared ‘unsafe’
• The Tribune: Local hospice center closing after 40 years in SLO. ‘Truly a devastating loss’
• Visalia Times-Delta: $6 million Visalia museum campaign launches at former Depot Restaurant
• Voice of OC: Newport Beach Approves Gutting Golf Course, Making Way for New Surf Park
• Voice of OC: Orange County Feels Economic Fallout of ICE Raids
• Voice of OC: Will ICE Raids be the Death of Local Swap Meets in Orange County?

Coverage of Local Government

• Beverly Hills Courier: Courier Exclusive: Leo Pustilnikov On the Record
• Capital & Main: It’s Brown And Burns Your Eyes. In Small-Town Texas, Clean Water Is Elusive.
• Capital & Main: Locked Out: How Some of Los Angeles’ Biggest Landlords Leave Section 8 Tenants Behind
• Castro Valley High School-The Olympian: Staff pay increased as school district budget decreased
• GV Wire: Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer Threatens to Block Constituent’s Emails. Experts Say It May Be Legal
• GV Wire: Measure C Steering Committee Meetings Now Open to the Public
• J. The Jewish News of Northern California: Jewish orgs condemn Richmond mayor’s ‘conspiracy’ posts on Bondi massacre
• Los Angeles Daily News: Clients of Efren Martinez, under investigation by DA, received $16.5 million from Huntington Park over last 3 years
• Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles on fire
• Marin Independent Journal: Fire-ravaged San Rafael complex had history of broken smoke alarms
• Mid Valley Times: Selma City Council shrugs off public procedures after election
• Monta Vista High School: FUHSD reaffirms protections against threats to undocumented staff and students
• Monta Vista High School: The passage of Measure A garners mixed opinions among residents
• Moorpark Acorn: Sprawling encampment cause of two cities’ frustration
• Petaluma Argus-Courier: Signature-gathering effort to recall Petaluma council member falls short
• Redwood City Pulse: Inside the report that cleared San Mateo County’s top executive
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: Country Day Students Voice Opinions on California Proposition 50
• San Francisco Chronicle: PARKS ALLIANCE COVERAGE
• San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco sheriff accountability series
• Santa Barbara Independent: Paseo Nuevo Redevelopment: The Next Steps
• Simi Valley Acorn: Local government and federal authority: Immigration enforcement
• SJV Water: Board president
• SJV Water: Trump water dump
• Stocktonia News Service: A tiny newsroom reveals a city management secret
• Tehachapi News: Support for Measure A in Stallion Springs apparent despite lingering concerns
• The Bakersfield Californian: No easy answers to jail bed issue
• The Desert Sun: Homelessness in Palm Springs
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: ‘As serious as a heart attack’: Los Gatos man disputes county-initiated conservatorship
• The Press Democrat: California counties feel brunt of insurance crisis as premiums skyrocket, sapping public budgets
• The Press Democrat: Landmark Sonoma County government office deal spurs investigation into supervisor ? and a generational move
• The Press Democrat: Santa Rosa boy and his family at heart of fight for right to keep bees in city
• The Record: Interim City Manager Steve Colangelo
• The Record: Stockton dismantles DEI office, Wild N Out funds in question
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Why did San Diego pay a record $30M to settle a police-killing lawsuit? This document offers clues
• The Tribune: SLO County DA shares posts linking New York’s first Muslim mayor to 9/11 attacks
• Valley Voice: Tulare Public Cemetery District taken over by county supervisors
• Voice of OC: Angel Stadium
• Voice of OC: OC Cities Going Bankrupt
• Voice of OC: Supervisors Pay Hike

Coverage of Student Government and Campus Administration

• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: CPP ADDRESSES $3.6M IN IMPROPER PAYROLL COSTS IDENTIFIED DURING STATE AUDIT
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: DESPITE $10M IN FILM PROFITS, LANTERMAN OPERATES AT $7M DEFICIT
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: LIBRARY CUTS TO LEAVE 5,000 STUDENTS WITHOUT SUPPORT
• CSU Dominguez Hills-The Bulletin: Budget cuts drive CSUDH-Cal State Fullerton partnership at Student Health Center
• CSU Fresno-The Collegian: A conversation with the 2025-26 ASI candidates: The Collegian interviewed the Associated Students, Inc. candidates running for office.
• De Anza College-La Voz News: DASG disqualifies 5 elected candidates for campaign misconduct
• De Anza College-La Voz News: DASG senate puts off $22K bike corral cover over conflict of interest
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: Controversial Changes to Spirit Week
• Santa Ana College-el Don: 5 things the Rancho Santiago Community College District audit found about a multi-million dollar rebate account
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: SRJC dining employee terminated after student boycott
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: Students accuse dance coordinator of abuse and misconduct

Coverage of Youth and Education

• Abridged: Former Phoebe Hearst teacher demands $2.3 million from district, legal filing says
• Capital & Main: Grace Under Fire
• Capital & Main: The Farm-to-School Model Is Under Threat
• Capital & Main: The Radio Show Taking on California’s Youth Mental Health Crisis
• Comstock’s Magazine: Make-up Work: Sacramento-area schools are still grappling with academic and social recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
• GV Wire: After Fresno Unified Student Dies, District Punishes Whistleblower: Lawsuit
• Local News Pasadena: Pasadena Unified School District in Focus – Saumya Gupta
• Lookout Santa Cruz: Lookout Santa Cruz, Youth and Education
• Los Angeles Times: Behind his smile, a silent crisis: Parents seek answers after autistic son’s suicide
• Los Angeles Times: UCLA goes to battle with Trump
• Mid Valley Times: Student test scores show record growth at KCUSD
• Mountain View Voice: Coast Guard helicopter lands at Mountain View school for special event
• Palo Alto Weekly: Locals unite to address suicide prevention in Palo Alto
• Petaluma Argus-Courier: Petaluma City Schools nurses discuss their roles
• Pleasanton Weekly: ‘For sure I need this to stay a secret’
• Press-Telegram: LBUSD strengthens policy aimed at protecting students from ICE
• Press-Telegram: Tribal leaders raise concerns about CSULB’s handling of sacred Puvungna site
• San Jose Spotlight: Misuse of school funds in East San Jose; school leader fired for questioning expenses
• Santa Barbara Independent: Island View Preschool Overcomes ‘Daunting’ Process to Open Daycare in Santa Barbara
• Tehachapi News: Budget crisis in the schools
• The Almanac: Las Lomitas likely violates state law on public comment, misrepresents restrictions
• The Almanac: Sequoia school board considers closing TIDE Academy
• The Fresno Bee: Girls are overly targeted by Clovis Unified student dress code.
• The Modesto Bee: Attack on middle-schooler follows years of bullying, family says
• The Press Democrat: How a tiny Napa County school went from crisis to implosion
• The Press Democrat: No ‘special education class for Brooke’: Santa Rosa mom fights district for place for daughter with rare seizure disorder
• The Press Democrat: Why a Petaluma teacher enlisted her dad to debunk a conspiracy theory about Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game
• The Record: ‘Hate has no home here’: University of the Pacific students protest Turning Point USA event
• The Sacramento Bee: Controversy at St. Hope charter schools
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Coverage of Grossmont Union High School District board
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: In Learn4Life charter school network, millions of taxpayer dollars get spent by one private corporation (copy)
• The Sonoma Index-Tribune: Sonoma Valley students provide insights into benefits of mentoring
• The Tribune: SLO County parents threaten protest if schools don’t follow Trump transgender orders
• The Voice of San Francisco: Grading for Equity coming to San Francisco high schools this fall
• Zócalo Public Square: Teaching Deportation History to Meet the Moment

Editorial Cartoon

• Claremont Courier: Purity of Essence
• Claremont Courier: Stephen Miller
• Claremont Courier: The Canary in the Coal Mine
• Claremont Courier: Uncle Sam Gets the Bill
• Claremont Courier: Who’s Next?
• Marin Independent Journal: Balancing act for Marin’s Jared Huffman
• Marin Independent Journal: Fairfax recall fights leave rubble in wake
• Marin Independent Journal: Marin finds itself in whole new era for views on housing
• Marin Independent Journal: Most Pt. Reyes ranches leaving after big settlement
• Marin Independent Journal: Some of Marin’s young e-bike riders ignoring safety laws

Editorial Comment

• Bay Area Reporter: Editorial: SF Travel misses the boat with Rose Parade float
• Coachella Valley Independent: ICE Raids Are ‘Causing Fear and Widespread Disruption’ in the Coachella Valley
• Coachella Valley Independent: The Unconstitutional, Unchristian Motives Behind Many ICE Raids
• Coastside News: For back to school, 7 is better than 10
• Los Angeles Daily Journal: The unitary executive needs a legislative counterweight and To restore separation of powers, start with who becomes a judge and Revive the Ethics in Government Act
• Marin Independent Journal: All Marin students must feel safe
• Marin Independent Journal: Community responds after tragic San Rafael fire
• Marin Independent Journal: Marin left holding bag as plan for ranch workers develops
• Moorpark Acorn: Ownership society starts with childhood accounts
• Pleasanton Weekly: Yearlong fight for public records finally pays off
• Santa Clara Weekly: A Love Letter to an Old-Guard Council Gadfly
• Santa Clara Weekly: Related’s Hudson Yards — Sounds Like déjà vu
• The Acorn: In Defending Civility, District Abandoned the First Amendment
• The Desert Sun: Coachella Valley Unified administrators, board have themselves to blame for mass layoffs
• The Fresno Bee: Immigration crackdown
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: Daniel Borenstein
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: Max Taves
• The Press Democrat: PD Editorial: California’s coast is no place for new oil drilling
• The Press Democrat: PD Editorial: Trump gets a second chance
• The Press Democrat: PD Editorial: Two-basin solution offers water security for North Bay
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Massive L.A. fires could happen here without emphasis on fire ‘triage’
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Newsom’s huge favor for Edison: It’s a state tradition
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: The San Diego City Hall motto: Due diligence is for losers
• The Voice of San Francisco: Charlie Kirk and America’s legacy of political violence
• The Voice of San Francisco: In a time of uncertainty for Mexican-Americans, continuing the path of my ancestors is more important than ever.
• Thousand Oaks Acorn: Raising our mugs
• Times-Standard: Crisis of care is a crisis of trust

Enterprise News Story or Series

• Archbishop Riordan High School-The Crusader: Riordan named fastest growing Catholic school
• Archbishop Riordan High School-The Crusader: Stonestown’s Golden Arches dim after 30 years
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: CPP STUDENT DEPORTED AFTER ROUTINE IMMIGRATION APPOINTMENT
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: CPP STUDENT FIGHTS BACK AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY WITH NEW BILL
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: HSI ON PAPER BUT NOT IN PRACTICE: LATINOS SAY REPRESENTATION STILL LACKS AT CSUS
• Capital & Main: Grace Under Fire
• Capital & Main: Locked Out: How Some of Los Angeles’ Biggest Landlords Leave Section 8 Tenants Behind
• Capital & Main: Striking Back
• ChicoSol: Digging deep to tell the Bidwell story
• De Anza College-La Voz News: DASG controversial election
• De Anza College-La Voz News: McClellan Terrace apartment controversy
• GV Wire: Following the Money: Accountability at the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission
• GV Wire: State Official Leased Her Fresno Home to Local Agency. Then Her Office Awarded $398K to the Agency
• J. The Jewish News of Northern California: Letters capture a Bay Area family’s generational discord over Israel
• Los Angeles Times: He was one of California’s most notorious Mexican outlaws. Now they ride in his honor
• Los Angeles Times: The ecological toll of L.A.’s thirst
• Marin Independent Journal: Friction at MCE: A four-part series
• Mission Local: Officials look on as Alice Griffith housing project falls apart. Why?
• Monterey County Weekly: Coverage of federal spending in Monterey County
• New Times: Party city
• Pleasanton Weekly: Tri-Valley Downtown Series
• Press-Telegram: Long Beach Grand Prix: Women in motorsports series
• Redwood City Pulse: USDA cuts leave Second Harvest, local families with less food
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: California’s Food Insecurity: Frozen SNAP Payments, Overwhelmed Food Banks and Students; Sacramento Country Day’s Response
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: Junior Wins First Prize in Documentary Contest
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: Tariffs Impact on Sacramento
• San Joaquin Delta College-The Collegian: The Collegian – Campus equity
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: Dance instructor accused of abuse, misconduct
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: Jordan Mead series of articles
• SJV Water: Who owns the Kern River?
• The Acorn: The State of Water
• The Almanac: Atherton declines to disclose anonymous donor for new BMW police motorcycles
• The Almanac: Menlo Park’s pool operator is sinking, but City Council won’t give it a lifeline
• The Desert Sun: Coachella Valley Unified School District layoffs and fallout
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: Contra Costa connections to FBI political investigation
• The Press Democrat: Sonoma County family loses their home after yearslong battle over permits, court-appointed cleanup company
• The Press Democrat: What Sonoma State University’s debt says about its past and its future
• The Press Democrat: Years of warnings before acclaimed Sonoma County nonprofit Social Advocates for Youth collapsed in bankruptcy
• The Reporter: Beyond the Overdose
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: In Learn4Life charter school network, millions of taxpayer dollars get spent by one private corporation
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Thousands of buildings in San Diego are long overdue for fire inspections and that’s just what the city knows about
• The Sun-Gazette: G Farms is labled a bad actor
• The Tribune: Many SLO County residents can’t find a primary care doctor. What’s causing the shortage?
• Times-Standard: The deaths of Carmen Wagner and Henry Sweet
• Voice of OC: A Charter City’s Rights
• Voice of OC: OC Fairgrounds
• Zócalo Public Square: What Does It Mean to Be an Expert?

Environment Reporting

• Black Voice News: The Fire Next Time
• Capital & Main: As California AI Data Centers Grow, So Does Dirty Energy
• Capital & Main: On the Navajo Nation, the List of Mystery Wells Continues to Grow
• Coachella Valley Independent: Conservation Celebration: The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Marks 25 Years of Existence as Recovery From the Rosa Fire Continues
• Daily Press: Possible second round of national park terminations draw fire from Mojave Desert groups
• Local News Pasadena: Giving Fire Back to the Land – Sheryl Turner and Chase Turner
• Los Angeles Times: Covering California climate under the Trump administration
• Los Angeles Times: Managing the wild: Controversial efforts to rebalance California’s ecosystems
• Los Angeles Times: Uncovering the toxic soil lurking in L.A.’s burn zones
• Monterey County Weekly: Covering a major fishery in transition.
• Mountain View Voice: Is Mountain View losing too many heritage trees? Here’s what the data shows.
• Napa Valley Register: Here’s a visitor that Napa County dreads the golden mussel
• New Times: Salinan tribe brings good fire back to Willow Creek in Paso Robles
• North Coast Journal: Portrait of A Prairie
• Press-Telegram: Long Beach’s Los Cerritos Wetlands to get new life with 150-acre restoration project
• Record Searchlight: Redding service journalism in science, local issues
• Redwood City Pulse: The $50 million question: Can California’s Dungeness crab fishery coexist with whale conservation efforts?
• San Fernando Valley Sun: Granada Hills Residents Feel ‘Betrayed’ as Sunshine Canyon Accepts Fire Debris
• The Acorn: The State of Water
• The Almanac: Portola Valley community works together to rescue mountain lion cubs
• The Desert Sun: Salton Sea residents fed up with ‘study after study’ on pollution
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: Moss Landing battery fire
• The Modesto Bee: Stanislaus County Water: small systems, private wells, contaminants
• The Press Democrat: Decadeslong fight over Lafferty Ranch hits new flashpoint as neighbors sue over Petaluma parkland
• The Press Democrat: Planned asphalt plant at family-owned Forestville quarry ignites environmental debate
• The Press-Enterprise: How bad is Inland Empire air pollution? These sensor-laden cars are finding out
• The Salinas Californian: ‘A gem in the heart of Salinas’: Ensen Community Park opens to great fanfare
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Are children living near the border at greater risk of health problems due to sewage crisis?
• The Tribune: No water in wine country: How SLO County homeowners survive when their wells go dry
• The Trinity Journal: Study: Climate change fueling wildfire smore deaths
• Ventura County Star: Dangerous algae blooms off the coast
• Voice of OC: Can Two Orphaned 14 Month Old Mountain Lion Cubs Survive Orange County?
• Voice of OC: San Clemente’s Struggle With the Coast
• Voice of OC: Traveling Through the Irvine-Laguna Wildlife Corridor
• Zócalo Public Square: How Can Our World Rethink Climate Mobility?

Excellence in Collaborations and Partnerships

• Local News Pasadena: ICE: Where’s Our Barber – Sheryl Turner and Steven Lawrence
• Pleasanton Weekly: Jeremy Walsh
• The Sun-Gazette: Trump Water Dump in Tulare County

Feature Photo

• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: CONCERT REVIEW: DIIV DELIVERS POWERFUL, IMMERSIVE SET AT GLASS HOUSE POMONA
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: PAIN, LOVE, LOSS, PABLO ESCOBAR: CPP THEATRE, NEW DANCE PREMIERES ‘OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD’
• Capital & Main: A ranch dog corners loose cows
• Capital & Main: Food bank guardian
• Castro Valley High School-The Olympian: Dancer Salvany Espinoza
• Castro Valley High School-The Olympian: Dancers
• Claremont Courier: Love in the air as Pope speaks
• Comstock’s Magazine: Agustín Arteaga Wants the World and People of Sacramento to Love His Newly Adopted City
• Daily Press: TC Motoring Guild recreates a 70-year-old photograph in Apple Valley
• El Camino College-The Union: 13-year-old aspiring sports journalist from Lancaster covers El Camino College football games
• India Currents: Nadhi Thekkek in “As You Are,” performing a sequence on body image (Photo by Prachi Singh/India Currents)
• Los Medanos College-Experience: 231-Feature photo-Nails-EJacobo-112125
• Monta Vista High School: Whole Foods’ Stevens Creek location reopens after a five-month hiatus due to vermin infestations
• Napa Valley Register: Summer Camp
• Palo Alto Weekly: Palo Alto tries to rein in Zuckerberg’s Crescent Park expansion
• Palo Alto Weekly: Pushed out: Former Stanford employees regroup, reflect after layoffs
• Palo Alto Weekly: RV residents in limbo as Palo Alto ramps up parking enforcement
• Redwood City Pulse: Cannabis retailers in Redwood City generate about $1M tax revenue annually
• Redwood City Pulse: Meet the Midpeninsula artisans making furniture, decor and more out of reclaimed materials
• Redwood City Pulse: Need a sander or hedge trimmer? A new program lets residents borrow for free
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: Edible Education
• San Francisco Chronicle: Feature Photo: Gabrielle Lurie
• Santa Cruz Sentinel: Otter Look
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: King of the Streets: Low and slow through the Mission and the mainstream
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: The Universe is talking to me and it’s driving me crazy
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: White Castle
• Simi Valley Acorn: Reel excitement
• Simi Valley Acorn: The science of fun
• The Desert Sun: Tears of joy
• The Orange County Register: Good luck at your new job
• The Press Democrat: Feature Photos – The Press Democrat News Group
• The Record: Stockton PD Mounted Unit grabs a bite
• The Salinas Californian: Young girl performer looks on during a Dia De Los Muertos celebration
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Sea Lion at La Jolla Cove
• Ventura County Star: Youth learn lifeguarding, beach skills at Ventura Pier
• Visalia Times-Delta: Ron Holman

Feature Story

• Capital & Main: On the Navajo Nation, the List of Mystery Wells Continues to Grow
• Castro Valley High School-The Olympian: Students run an exciting Lunar New Year Festival
• CSU Dominguez Hills-The Bulletin: Trading ink for aid to support Gaza relief
• EdSource: Scenes of loss – and resilience – at a Cal State campus facing drastic cuts
• EdSource: The sound of music returns to students traumatized by the Eaton fire
• GV Wire: As Garnet Fire Nears, Memories of Creek Fire’s Destruction Flare Up for Mountain and Foothill Folks
• GV Wire: These Fresno Women Fled the Holocaust. Watch Their Stories.
• India Currents: “From Temple Towns To Brooklyn Studios: How Kalamkari Travels Between Worlds “
• J. The Jewish News of Northern California: How Humboldt’s campus protests became a social minefield for Jews
• Las Positas College-Express: Inside the 6-7 trend sweeping the nation
• Lookout Santa Cruz: Lookout Santa Cruz, Feature Story
• Los Angeles Daily News: Meet Santa Monica Mountains’ first black bear family in decades
• Los Angeles Daily News: Why California Democrats’ latest playbook includes podcasts
• Los Angeles Times: Second act for a queer icon: San Francisco’s Castro Theatre relaunches at pivotal moment
• Mid Valley Times: Dinuba rallies around those impacted by Haden Apartments fire
• Monta Vista High School: A bite of Black history
• Monta Vista High School: Day in the life of our cafeteria staff
• Monta Vista High School: Local hip hop dancers see the genre as a medium for connection and storytelling
• Monterey County Weekly: Rethinking the legacy of writer Henry Miller.
• Mountain View Voice: Community turns out for Mountain View’s first citywide Pride celebration
• Palo Alto Weekly: First, a near-death experience. Then, an unlikely reunion.
• Pleasanton Weekly: ‘We are empowering. We are uplifting.’
• Redwood City Pulse: Beware Alhambra’s (so-called) ghost
• San Fernando Valley Sun: Rose Parade Float Dedicated to January Wildfire Victims
• San Francisco Chronicle: This group rescues S.F.’s wild parrots. But is it going too far?
• Santa Barbara Independent: Eating Lunch with Santa Barbara’s Gay and Lesbian Seniors
• The Almanac: Students launch 1.99 Records at Woodside High School
• The Business Journal: Beyond the Board Room
• The Desert Sun: ‘The magic’ is back at Pappy & Harriet’s, with new leaders in charge after legal battle
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: Foulin’ on the dock of the bay: Inside a world of alien marine critters
• The Modesto Bee: How a betta fish abandoned in a pickle jar in the dark got his happy ending
• The Orange County Register: Groundbreaking criminal justice starts in Santa Ana courtroom
• The Orange County Register: Marine families could stay in place longer as Pentagon looks at reducing moves
• The Press Democrat: He inspired Zorro and had ties to Sonoma: the captivating story of Joaquin Murrieta
• The Press Democrat: Round Barn redux: Santa Rosa architect and ‘dreamer’ building a replica of beloved landmark lost in the Tubbs Fire
• The Salinas Californian: Western Flyer from Steinbeck’s Sea of Cortez returns to Gulf of California after 85 years
• The Trinity Journal: As his dream home burned…
• Visalia Times-Delta: ‘He gave from his heart’: Tulare County community leaders remember Armondo Apodaca
• Visalia Times-Delta: From Mrs. Claus to community champion: Merritt Wiseman’s year-round gift to Visalia
• Voice of OC: Concrete Divide: North Orange County Falls Short on Parks
• Zócalo Public Square: The Eaton Fire Took My Black Santas, But Not My Christmas Spirit

Film and TV Writing/Reporting

• 48 Hills: Dennis Harvey, Screen Grabs column
• Beverly Hills Courier: Life of Chuck; History of Sound; Riefenstahl
• Beverly Press/Park Labrea News: Bring the movies home: one fan’s pie for tax incentives; Rob Reiner remembered; film reviews
• Coachella Valley Independent: Ahead of His Time: Michael Childers Remembers His Partner, the Late John Schlesinger, With the ‘My Husband Makes Movies’ Series
• Coachella Valley Independent: The Coachella Valley Onscreen: After Finding Success With Their First Film, the Men Behind -223 Have High Hopes for the Future
• India Currents: Little Jaffna: How Immigration & Memory Fuse In Modern Europe
• Local News Pasadena: Black August Film Festival Series
• Los Angeles Daily News: How Love Island USA watch parties are taking over the bar scene
• Los Angeles Times: Meet the proud parents of ‘M3GAN,’ Adrien Morot and Kathy Tse, who welcome us to their design shop
• Napa Valley Register: Culinary legends Thomas Keller, Alice Waters and Jamie Oliver talk ‘Chef’s Table’ in Napa
• Santa Barbara Independent: For the Love of Film
• SFGATE: Amanda Bartlett film retrospectives
• The Ark: Interesting pairings, legacy sequels heading to screens
• The Desert Sun: Palm Springs film festivals
• The Orange County Register: Will this 75-year-old California man save our world, a new documentary asks
• The Press Democrat: How Santa Rosa became the site of a legendary movie stunt
• The Press Democrat: Sonoma County native Morgan Spector soars as ruthless tycoon in HBO series ‘The Gilded Age
• The Press-Enterprise: UC Riverside professor takes big step for Native American actors
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: ‘A redemptive act’: Haunted by San Diego police killing, novice filmmaker celebrates Notre Dame teammate in documentary
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: ‘Endless Summer’ star Mike Hynson dies; surf icon known for his style
• VOICE Magazine: Norway’s Academy Award Submission: Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value”
• Zócalo Public Square: Why I Saw Russian Dissident Alexei Navalny in Snow White

Fine Arts Writing/Reporting

• 48 Hills: Charles Lewis III, Drama Masks column
• 48 Hills: Mary Corbin, artist profiles
• Beverly Press/Park Labrea News: Our People Our Places – Written in the Stars
• Coachella Valley Independent: Mid-Century Marvelous: Dezart Performs Opens Its New Playhouse With a Concert Version of ‘West Side Story’
• Comstock’s Magazine: The California Modernist Dream Is Alive in Sacramento’s Newest Historic District
• India Currents: Dancing With Defiance: ‘Mehfil’ Blends Queer Cabaret & South Asian Tradition
• India Currents: The Mahabharata Comes To Lincoln Center, NY: An Interview With Ellora Patnaik
• Los Angeles Times: Inside the dash to save the Getty Villa from the Palisades fire: A timeline
• Napa Valley Register: Napa Quake Mosaic made up of broken pieces from natural disasters debuts
• Pasadena Star-News: Book community’s response to the L.A. fires
• San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area theaters are struggling. Will AI help, or hurt?
• San Francisco Chronicle: New book ‘Water Mirror Echo’ explores how Bruce Lee’s legacy still shapes Asian America
• Santa Barbara Independent: Looking IN at the Life and Work of Hank Pitcher
• Santa Maria Sun: A Santa Barbara artist displays four mediums of work inspired by Brazilian culture
• SFGATE: Lost California photos from Ansel Adams raise compelling questions
• St. Helena Star: West Side Story series
• The Bakersfield Californian: Fine arts reporting at The Bakersfield Californian
• The Press Democrat: ‘The Poetry House’ revisited: Santa Rosa reading brings coastal sanctuary to life
• The Press Democrat: A mic, a moment and a movement: How poetry found its voice in Napa County
• The Press Democrat: Sonoma play draws on Dorothea Lange to reveal parallels between the Depression and today’s America
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Five years after COVID, San Diego theaters are still recovering, but hope endures
• The Tribune: SLO theater’s dream to build new downtown home just got a big boost but it needs your help
• Zócalo Public Square: The Long, Wondrous Adaptation of Oscar Wao

Food Writing/Reporting

• Abridged: Latin American visitors fear travel to Terra Madre Americas in Sacramento
• Beverly Press/Park Labrea News: Our People Our Places 2025 series on local restaurants
• Capital & Main: California Moves to Curb Ultraprocessed Foods in School Cafeterias
• Capital & Main: Is the Solution to Hunger All Around Us in Fertile California?
• Capital & Main: The Farm-to-School Model Is Under Threat
• Comstock’s Magazine: Behind the Doors of Sacramento’s Small Food Factories
• India Currents: Baked In: Layers Of Caring Connections Infuse Hetal Vasavada’s ‘Milk and Cardamom’ Brand
• India Currents: Chai, Chutney, Masala
• India Currents: The Teen Who Served Fries & Stories
• Lookout Santa Cruz: Lookout Santa Cruz, Lily Belli
• Los Angeles Times: These are the 101 best restaurants in California
• Monterey County Weekly: The Monterey County food and drink scene
• Mountain View Voice: A taste of Xinjiang: A new home for Uyghur cuisine debuts in downtown Mountain View
• Mountain View Voice: NAR Restaurant, Peninsula’s first Azerbaijani eatery, opens in Mountain View
• Petaluma Argus-Courier: From Petaluma to Kansas, candy corn is sweet, polarizing and made with bugs
• Petaluma Argus-Courier: Why The New Yorker pizzeria has thrived in downtown Petaluma for 34 years
• Pleasanton Weekly: Fair food beyond soda and hot dogs
• Press-Telegram: Paramount bids farewell to Gus’s Deli but it’s not goodbye forever
• Record Searchlight: Dining in Redding
• San Francisco Chronicle: MacKenzie Chung Fegan
• Santa Maria Sun: The couple behind a new wellness company encourages humans to return to their wild states
• Santa Maria Times: Clementine Carter pours cool climate Rhônes from the Sta. Rita Hills in Los Alamos
• The Almanac: Edith Huamani immigrated from Peru 18 years ago on asylum. Now, she and her husband are fulfilling their longtime dream of opening an eatery
• The Almanac: Seaweed season: Tanya Stiller leads foraging classes on the San Mateo County coast
• The Bakersfield Californian: The Dish: Everything about food in Bakersfield
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: The Bay Area culinary club that’s eating its way through history
• The Orange County Register: How to stop drinking tequila like an amateur
• The Press Democrat: Backyard chickens were a thing even before egg prices soared, but are they worth it?
• The Press Democrat: Heather Irwin’s restaurant reviews and food writing
• The Press Democrat: Jennifer Graue’s Food Reporting
• The Press Democrat: Sarah Doyle’s Wine Reporting
• The Salinas Californian: New restaurant a dream come true for young Salinas chef
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: 5 things I tried at the grand opening of Tacos El Franc’s first U.S. location in National City
• The Tribune: SLO sub shop has sold signature sandos for nearly 60 years. Inside Ben Franklin’s
• The Tribune: They’re force behind Robin’s, Novo and more. How SLO County duo took on culinary scene

Health Reporting

• : Unseen and Unsupported: A Two-Part Investigation into Maternal Health Gaps Facing Chinese Immigrant Mothers in Southern California
• 48 Hills: Bruce Mirken, health reporting
• Beverly Hills Courier: Finding Light in the Dark: Why It’s Important to Feel Joy During Troubling Times; Embrace AI This Summer: New Tools to Enhance Your Life and Well-Being; The Neuroscience That Explains Why Grandmothers Are So Special;
• Capital & Main: ‘They Feel They Can Trust No One; Not Even to Open the Door’
• Capital & Main: A Coal Miner’s Daughter Takes on DOGE to Protect Miners’ Health
• Capital & Main: A Mother’s Battle to Protect Her Son’s Care
• Coachella Valley Independent: ‘A Devastating Blow’: Coachella Valley Health-Care Providers Brace for Federal Budget Cutsand Many of Them Are Afraid to Speak Out
• Coachella Valley Independent: Health Care Crisis: Local Medical Providers Prepare for an Upcoming Surge of Uninsured Individuals
• Daily Breeze: Bone cancer survivor to urge health advocacy at fundraiser gala in Manhattan Beach
• GV Wire: Physician Warns Fresno County Supervisors About Jail’s Medical Provider, Private Equity Co.
• India Currents: Caring Across Generations: Aging and Health in Desi Families
• Los Angeles Times: Health impacts of the historic Los Angeles wildfires
• Los Angeles Times: Mental health on the spectrum
• Marin Independent Journal: Marin responds to SNAP: Local anti-hunger efforts help to fill uncertainties
• New Times: Cal Poly Campus Health and Wellbeing providers are working overtime to lessen student wait times
• Record Searchlight: Redding drug treatment program struggles
• San Bernardino Sun: Lead was found in Inland Empire schools’ drinking water
• San Fernando Valley Sun: Physician Says Tragic Loss of Brother from Measles was ‘Completely Preventable’
• Santa Barbara Independent: Santa Barbara Independent Health Reporting Series
• Santa Clara Weekly: A Year Later: Family Grieves, Nursing Home Denies Negligence
• Santa Clara Weekly: Song for Charlie: Parents Bring Fentanyl Education Course to Santa Clara University
• Santa Maria Sun: Diverted from jail
• The Business Journal: Central Valley hospitals join elite group offering revolutionary CAR-T cancer therapy
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: In the age of deadly street drugs, an Oakland nonprofit is analyzing drugs for users
• The Orange County Register: Health care expansion in Orange County
• The Press Democrat: Closure of pediatric ward at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital has wide fallout for North Bay families
• The Press Democrat: Deadly delay: Overdose death at detox facility sheds light on slow county response for substance addiction clients
• The Press Democrat: Fentanyl overdoses claim young lives as hidden killer exacts grim toll, spurs response
• The Press-Enterprise: Is the Inland Empire a maternity health care desert?
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: State rescinds $50M grant awarded to Palomar Health for mental health hospital
• The Tribune: Many SLO County residents can’t find a primary care doctor. What’s causing the shortage?
• The Voice of San Francisco: Open data shows S.F. police drug calls surge 50 percent in two days
• Valley Voice: Kaweah Health whistleblower says he was fired for revealing truth around ER death
• Voice of OC: Food Insecurity Orange County
• Voice of OC: How Much Do OC Taxpayers Spend on Local Politician’s Health Benefits?

Home Page Layout & Design

• Capital & Main: Homepage: Capital & Main
• GV Wire: GV Wire’s Home Page Layout & Design
• Mountain View Voice: Mountain View Voice home page
• Santa Barbara Independent: Santa Barbara Independent Website
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: The San Diego Union-Tribune – Home Page Layout

Homelessness Reporting

• Abridged: Motels, tents and cars: 19,000 students are homeless in Sacramento region
• Beverly Press/Park Labrea News: Mid City West canvasses for homeless count
• Capital & Main: ‘I’m Lost in This Country’: Non-Mexicans Living Undocumented After Deportation to Mexico
• Capital & Main: A Little Place Called Home?
• Capital & Main: Tijuana Shelter Director Has Simple Solution for Changing Border Policies: Adapt
• ChicoSol: Viewing the world with empathy A first-hand experience with Point-in-Time
• Coachella Valley Independent: Civic Solutions: The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission Adds Beds for Unhoused Women and Children
• Daily Press: Victor Valley Rescue Mission to permanently close doors after nearly 30 years of service
• Local News Pasadena: Deterring the Homeless – Calvin Madsen
• Los Angeles Daily News: LA homeless providers warn of funding cuts that could reverse progress
• Los Angeles Daily News: State, city clean up encampment along LA River in Long Beach, moves 25 people into interim housing
• Los Angeles Times: The real story of how L.A. became the epicenter of America’s homeless crisis
• Palo Alto Weekly: RV residents in limbo as Palo Alto ramps up parking enforcement
• San Bernardino Sun: San Bernardino homeless encampment sweeps expose complexities in providing aid
• San Fernando Valley Sun: Sense of Community in Van Nuys Homeless Encampment Now Fractured Following Sweep
• San Francisco Chronicle: He was lost to drugs for a decade. Here’s how homeless S.F. man escaped the grip of fentanyl
• San Jose Spotlight: Santa Clara County has 1 shelter bed for every 3 homeless people
• Santa Barbara Independent: Sylvia Barnard with Her Tiny Homes and Magical Kitchen Saves Lives
• Santa Maria Sun: Encampment risks
• The Desert Sun: What it’s like to be homeless for three years in the desert
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: Oakland’s iconic California Hotel, vital housing for the formerly homeless, is in turmoil
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: San Jose’s efforts to tackle homelessness
• The Orange County Register: Orange County homelessness and hunger in light of federal cuts
• The Record: ‘Dozens’ at risk as Stockton officials move ahead with Trinity Parkway encampment removal
• The Tribune: 1 in 10 SLO County students are homeless. Now, resources they rely on are at risk
• The Trinity Journal: Homeless sweeps ruining one man’s chances
• The Vallejo Sun: Hundreds of Vallejo students are homeless, with few shelter options
• The Voice of San Francisco: EXCLUSIVE: S.F. Department of Public Health head: ‘Public drug use is really a problem for other people’
• Voice of OC: Are Motels Becoming the New Emergency Shelter?
• Voice of OC: Grand Jury: Orange County Again Fails to Curb Homelessness
• Voice of OC: What Does California’s New Street Crime Law Mean for OC in the New Year?
• Zócalo Public Square: How Do You Define Homelessness?

Housing and Land-Use Reporting

• Beverly Hills Courier: Courier Exclusive: Leo Pustilnikov On the Record
• Capital & Main: Locked Out: How Some of Los Angeles’ Biggest Landlords Leave Section 8 Tenants Behind
• Daily Breeze: After disassembly, Wayfarers Chapel faces an uncertain future
• GV Wire: Southeast Development Area (SEDA) Series
• GV Wire: Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Series
• La Canada Flintridge Outlook Valley Sun: La Cañada Flintridge City Council Approves 600 Foothill Project
• Local News Pasadena: Rebuilding After the Eaton Fire – Olivia Serna
• Los Angeles Times: Rebuilding after the fires
• Marin Independent Journal: The only way is up: Planned housing shows how developers are ‘changing downtown’
• Mountain View Voice: Los Altos Hills family threatened with eviction from Midpen open space preserve
• Pacific Coast Business Times: 11K housing units on tap; advocates want more
• Palo Alto Weekly: Holding on by our fingertips
• San Francisco Chronicle: Corruption at San Francisco’s building department
• Santa Barbara Independent: Santa Barbara Independent’s Housing Series
• Tehachapi News: New fire hazard severity designations will require future changes in development in much of city
• The Acorn: Agoura Hills Housing Challenges
• The Almanac: Menlo Park businesses band together to fight downtown housing development
• The Almanac: Woodside family struggles to build affordable housing for over 6 years
• The Desert Sun: Proposed development near festival venue could forever change character of storied rural swath of desert
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: Eviction cases still soaring in the Bay Area five years after COVID-19
• The Modesto Bee: Homes need water: Growth, lawsuits and a west county water crisis
• The Orange County Register: ‘Wildfire refugees’ scramble to find housing as rental prices soar
• The Orange County Register: LA wildfire victims building ADUs as first step in home rebuilding process
• The Press Democrat: Escalating fight over Petaluma mobile home park heralds larger California policy battle over a last bastion of affordable housing
• The Press Democrat: New housing plans mark a changing era in Penngrove and not everyone’s on board
• The Press-Enterprise: Inland Empire faces significantly higher wildfire risk, Cal Fire says
• The Salinas Californian: Salinas City Council fails to end rent stabilization efforts
• The Sonoma Index-Tribune: Sonoma grapples with housing issues, land use
• The Voice of San Francisco: Housing is becoming San Francisco’s Forever War
• Times-Herald: Tribes go to battle over casino ground
• Ventura County Star: Here’s why low-cost housing costs so much to build in Ventura County, state
• Ventura County Star: Residents advocate to keep Ventura County mobile home rents affordable
• Voice of OC: Anaheim Tourism Dollars to Help House Disneyland Resort Workers
• Voice of OC: Huntington Beach Loses State Housing Mandate Lawsuit
• Zócalo Public Square: After the Fires, Can L.A. Rebuild Right?

Illustration

• Archbishop Riordan High School-The Crusader: The rise of AI
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: CALL IT WHAT IT IS: ELON MUSK’S NAZI SALUTE IS STEP DEEPER INTO FASCISM
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: THE POLY POST STANDS FOR FREE SPEECH
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: WESTERN JOURNALISM HAS FAILED PALESTINE
• Comstock’s Magazine: An Employee Accidentally Shared an Email With Sensitive Data. How Can We Know It Won’t Happen Again?
• De Anza College-La Voz News: Tilly Norwood is AI’s latest desperate move to attract attention
• El Camino College-The Union: Campus pantry wait time grows annoyingly long
• Los Medanos College-Experience: 231-Illustration-Playlist-112125-LGannod
• Monta Vista High School: Creative currency
• Monta Vista High School: Issue 3 Cover
• Palo Alto Weekly: Palo Alto Weekly illustrations
• Palo Alto Weekly: Palo Alto Weekly illustration-Short Story
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: Cultural Exchange
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: Soggy Stories
• Santa Barbara Independent: Reign of Administrative (T)error
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: Hopes of a habitual hobbyist
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: The Death of Character Episode 2: Swords, Guns and Drugs
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: A Plague of Political Violence
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: San Diego Top Workplaces
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: The State of Theater
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Winning Hand
• Zócalo Public Square: Happily Ever After Is for Everyone

Immigration Reporting

• Capital & Main: Attacks on Immigrants Put Erie’s Revival in Danger
• Capital & Main: Trump’s Nominee to Head Customs and Border Protection Could Be Implicated in Alleged Cover-Up
• ChicoSol: Impact of Immigration Crackdown on North State Families
• EdSource: A student deported and a summer of raids leave a school reeling
• EdSource: How Oakland Unified is helping immigrant students fill education gaps
• El Tecolote: ‘She’s my home’: An S.F. couple’s life unraveled after one ICE check-in
• GV Wire: Release Denied for Fresno Pismo’s Manager in ICE Detention
• India Currents: Immigration Crackdowns & Consequences
• India Currents: Legality To Illegality: How Lawful Immigrants Are Reclassified As “Unauthorized
• India Currents: Who Gets Deported In The United States & Why?
• Lookout Santa Cruz: Lookout Santa Cruz, Immigration Reporting
• Los Angeles Daily News: Sen. Alex Padilla’s political journey began in Pacoima, now ICE raids hit home
• Los Angeles Times: A window into the lives of California’s most vulnerable
• Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles: Ground Zero for Immigration Raids
• Mid Valley Times: Fear of ICE freezes over Selma Flea Market
• Mission Local: ICE in San Francisco
• Monterey County Weekly: Coverage of immigration in tense times.
• Palo Alto Weekly: Woman arrested by ICE remains in Stanford Hospital as advocates rally in support
• Pleasanton Weekly: Miguel Lopez deportation series
• Press-Telegram: ICE is using Terminal Island as staging area, community groups say
• San Fernando Valley Sun: ICE Nabs Helper
• San Francisco Chronicle: This man is a U.S. citizen by birth. Why did ICE mark him for deportation again?
• Santa Barbara Independent: Smoke and Mirrors: Fallout from Federal Raids at Glass House Farms
• Stocktonia News Service: Immigration watchdog reporting
• The Fresno Bee: California City detention facility, immigration crackdown
• The Orange County Register: With 1.4 million undocumented people, Southern California will change as deportations ramp up
• The Press Democrat: After ICE comes calling: A look inside the US immigration detention system through the eyes of North Bay residents navigating
• The Press Democrat: They did it all for us’: Reporter Melanie Nguyen reflects on her family’s refugee stories 50 years after the Fall of Saigon
• The Press-Enterprise: ICE sweeps put Inland Empire immigrant community on edge
• The Salinas Californian: California boosting funds for immigration legal services in Central Coast. What to know
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Immigration sweeps leave gaping holes in San Diego families. ‘I just want my dad home.’
• Thousand Oaks Acorn: Maria’s story
• Ventura County Star: Immigration raid at Camarillo cannabis farm

In-Depth Reporting

• Abridged: How rejected concrete fueled months of delays on Highway 50
• Capital & Main: California’s Child Farmworkers: Exhausted, Underpaid and Toiling in Toxic Fields
• Capital & Main: Locked Out: How Some of Los Angeles’ Biggest Landlords Leave Section 8 Tenants Behind
• ChicoSol: Should mental health diversion expand?
• EdSource: Part 1 of 3 Inside transitional kindergarten: Where play, curiosity and early learning meet
• GV Wire: Uncovering the Attack Mailer and Accountability in Fresno’s Special Election
• India Currents: Scars of Migration
• Local News Pasadena: Sorting Truth From Ashes in the Aftermath of the Eaton Fire
• Los Angeles Daily Journal: Attorney’s email ordering evidence destroyed is not protected by privilege and Sanctions request filed against Lewis Brisbois in mansion dispute
• Los Angeles Daily Journal: Public defenders and prosecutors warn of crisis fueled by Prop 36
• Los Angeles Times: Fires reveal insurance crisis that was years in the making
• Los Angeles Times: The real story of how L.A. became the epicenter of America’s homeless crisis
• Los Angeles Times: Uncovering the toxic soil lurking in L.A.’s burn zones
• Marin Independent Journal: Friction at MCE: A four-part series
• Monterey County Weekly: Reporting on challenges in senior living facilities.
• Napa Valley Register: How a 1979 crash opened the way to murder charges for drunken driving
• Napa Valley Register: Inside the complaints and cost of Laura Snideman’s turbulent tenure in Calistoga
• Palo Alto Weekly: Palo Alto tries to rein in Zuckerberg’s Crescent Park expansion
• San Fernando Valley Sun: Family of 13-Year-Old Sun Valley Boy Found Murdered Wants ‘Justice’
• San Jose Spotlight: Residents claim San Jose homeless housing site unsafe, unhealthy
• Santa Barbara Independent: Reign of Administrative (T)error
• Simi Valley Acorn: Nuclear field lab cleanup conflicts continiue
• Stocktonia News Service: A tiny newsroom uncovers a public construction boondoggle
• The Desert Sun: Small desert town’s only hospital teeters on brink of closure
• The Press Democrat: Dispute escalates between Sonoma County sheriff and law enforcement watchdog over extent of oversight power
• The Press Democrat: Landmark Sonoma County government office deal spurs investigation into supervisor ? and a generational move
• The Press Democrat: Sonoma real estate mogul Ken Mattson indicted, accused of ‘classic Ponzi scheme’ as $500 million property empire implodes
• The Record: Stockton Unified School Board Trustee on trial
• The Tribune: How will Trump’s second term affect SLO County?
• The Voice of San Francisco: Exclusive: California Department of Corrections ignored serious felony violations in Troy McAlister case
• Valley Voice: Springville Residents vs. Del Oro Water Company
• Voice of OC: It’s Not Just The Airport Fire: County Legal Payouts Total $258 Million Over Four Years
• Zócalo Public Square: “What Can Become of Us?”

Informational Graphic

• Black Voice News: Understanding Household Fire Preparedness In the IE Basin
• Coachella Valley Independent: Threats to the Safety Net: Local Assistance, by the Numbers
• EdSource: California School Vaccinations Database
• GV Wire: CA Releases Student Test Scores, Lowers Expectations. How Did Fresno Unified Do?
• GV Wire: Fresno Air Improves. Where Does It Rank in the US?
• North Coast Journal: Protecting the Night
• San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco is no longer hemorrhaging workers to other cities with one big exception
• San Francisco Chronicle: Where did S.F. streets get their names?
• The Ark: Caltrans bike lanes
• The Ark: Crime in Tiburon and Belvedere
• The Ark: Tiburon Tommie’s twists
• The Orange County Register: Footprints of devastation
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: The Stage is Set
• Zócalo Public Square: Can We Reimagine How We Feed Ourselves?

Innovative Technology Award

• Lookout Santa Cruz: Lookout Neighborhood Newsletters
• San Francisco Chronicle: Choosing a hospital? See which health facilities in your California city have violated the law

Investigative Reporting

• Abridged: How rejected concrete fueled months of delays on Highway 50
• Abridged: There’s no one behind bars at Yolo County’s new $34 million jail
• Capital & Main: California’s Child Farmworkers: Exhausted, Underpaid and Toiling in Toxic Fields
• Cerritos Community Newspaper: High Stakes, Dirty Water, Red Flags
• ChicoSol: Butte County Police Shooting Probes Stall
• ChicoSol: Ex-girlfriend: On-duty sex with former sergeant dated to 2022
• India Currents: Scars of Migration
• Los Angeles Daily News: Officials aware of tree decay prior to branch collapse that killed boy in Calabasas, records show
• Los Angeles Times: Exposing misconduct in L.A. County’s historic $4-billion sex abuse settlement
• Los Angeles Times: How a state-run filing system became a political weapon
• Los Angeles Times: L.A. firestorms: Uncovering how government failed the public
• Monterey County Weekly: Revealing corruption in the top management of the local Head Start program.
• Pleasanton Weekly: Inside the grooming, Grindr investigation of a Pleasanton principal
• San Francisco Chronicle: Burned
• San Jose Spotlight: Sources: San Jose officials used racial slurs in group chat
• Santa Clara Weekly: Agrihood Development Nightmare for Residents While Developer Backtracks on Promises
• Stocktonia News Service: A tiny newsroom under threat of criminal investigation
• The Desert Sun: Riverside County jail deaths
• The Fresno Bee: Fresno State conflict of Interest in stadium naming rights deal
• The Press Democrat: Behind the secret deal to end most ranching in Point Reyes National Seashore
• The Tribune: Local hospice center closing after 40 years in SLO. ‘Truly a devastating loss’
• The Vallejo Sun: The Vallejo Police Department’s broken culture and its consequences
• Voice of OC: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Flagship Mental Health Court Is Failing in Orange County

Labor Reporting

• Capital & Main: California’s Child Farmworkers: Exhausted, Underpaid and Toiling in Toxic Fields
• Capital & Main: Striking Back
• Los Angeles Times: Giant pandas, tiger attacks and the ugly fight to control the San Francisco Zoo
• Palo Alto Weekly: Pushed out: Former Stanford employees regroup, reflect after layoffs
• Pleasanton Weekly: City prevails in whistleblower lawsuit
• The Ark: Termination of popular librarian sparks controversy after finding of ‘toxic’ culture
• The Orange County Register: Hospital openings in Irvine mean lots of new hiring in region
• The Orange County Register: Pat Maio
• The Sun-Gazette: Porterville Unified, teachers union end months of tense negotiations
• The Tribune: ‘This is a slaughter’: How Los Padres forest biologist lost his job amid Trump purge
• The Vallejo Sun: Threats and assaults: Greater Vallejo Recreation District employees say they face dangerous conditions at work
• Voice of OC: Can OC Workers Really Depend on the County Fraud Hotline?
• Voice of OC: Grocery Workers Across Southern California Prepared to Strike

Music Writing/Reporting

• 48 Hills: “MTT’s brilliance shone through at final SF Symphony bow”
• 48 Hills: “Still hung up on ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’”
• 48 Hills: “Sun Ra Arkestra traversed magnificent orbits at SFJAZZ”
• Coachella Valley Independent: For Fans Of … : Check Out These Local Musicians Who Have Similarities to Coachella and Stagecoach Artists
• Coachella Valley Independent: From Paris to the Plaza Theatre: Josh Homme Screens Queens of the Stone Age’s ‘Alive in the Catacombs’ Film With a Live Q&A
• Coachella Valley Independent: The Next Generation: Desert-Rock Legend John Garcia Chooses Two Young Bands to Open for Him at Pappy and Harriet’s
• Daily Press: ‘This is a homecoming’: Sammy Hagar debuts world premiere of ‘Encore, Thank You, Goodnight’ video at Stagecoach
• Daily Press: Let Creed take you higher: From Rolling Stone’s worst ’90s band to headlining Stagecoach
• GV Wire: Festival Coverage: Anthony W. Haddad
• Local News Pasadena: Local Musicians Series – Victoria Thomas
• Los Angeles Times: Music Investigations by August Brown
• Marin Independent Journal: For the community: Inside Sweetwater Music Hall’s new life as a nonprofit arts organization
• Marin Independent Journal: Miist: Marin’s accidental pop star
• San Francisco Chronicle: Hits that still hit: 12 old songs that breathed new life into modern movies and TV series
• San Francisco Chronicle: How a San Francisco record label is amplifying Cambodian voices
• Santa Barbara Independent: Mac Demarco Sings His Little Heart Out at the Santa Barbara Bowl
• St. Helena Star: St. Helena’s Terminello releases debut album at age 87
• The Fresno Bee: Shakira in Fresno
• The Orange County Register: Remembering Brian Wilson, the brilliant heart and soul of the Beach Boys
• The Salinas Californian: From small town to spotlight: The making of this Central Coast artist
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Analysis: Will Grammy Awards strike right or wrong note in fire-wracked Los Angeles?
• Zócalo Public Square: Can Music Change Minds?
• Zócalo Public Square: The Tuba’s Cross-Border Journey to the Front of the Band

News Photo

• Archbishop Riordan High School-The Crusader: Winter sports rally celebrates Crusader spirit
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: LA FACES ONE OF DEADLIEST FIRES IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY DISPLACING THOUSANDS
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: THE ROAD TO RECOVERY: HOW COMMUNITIES DESTROYED WORK TO REBUILD
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: THOUSANDS EXPRESS POLITICAL DISDAIN IN LOS ANGELES ‘HANDS OFF!’ PROTESTS
• Capital & Main: Flames engulf a home in Altadena
• Capital & Main: Forest Service firefighters work on containing the Eaton fire
• Capital & Main: Smoke drifts over Will Rogers State Beach during the Palisades fire
• Castro Valley High School-The Olympian: Officer and dog
• Chino Champion: Family mourns son killed by drunk driver on Carbon Canyon Road
• Claremont Courier: A-Line Azuza finally opens
• Claremont Courier: U.S. born Pope speaks to Rome
• Coastside News: Dead Gray Whale at Montara State Beach
• CSU Fresno-The Collegian: Photo Essay: Fresno State community comes together in honor of Charlie Kirk
• De Anza College-La Voz News: Local high school students walk out to protest Trump’s immigration policies
• J. The Jewish News of Northern California: Interfaith celebration at Emanu-El blesses S.F.’s new mayor, Daniel Lurie
• Los Medanos College-Experience: 231-News photo 1-No Kings1430-RBG.jpg
• Los Medanos College-Experience: 231-News photo-protest
• Palo Alto Weekly: Hundreds march to Palo Alto Tesla headquarters, protest administration
• Palo Alto Weekly: Moonlight Run brings hundreds to the Palo Alto Baylands
• Record Searchlight: Anti-Trump protest in Redding
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: Lack of Drive
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: Pep Rally
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: Tiktok Goes Dark
• San Fernando Valley Sun: Burning Waymo
• San Francisco Chronicle: News Photo: Gabrielle Lurie
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: Jordan Mead preliminary hearing
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: Protesters gather to support, oppose trans athlete at SRJC volleyball match II
• Simi Valley Acorn: Flags up, voices raised
• The Bakersfield Californian: BPD officers clear homeless encampment
• The Desert Sun: Unrest in LA
• The Orange County Register: Stand in protest
• The Press Democrat: Yolo County Fireworks Explosion
• The Record: 9/11 victims remembered in Stockton
• The Salinas Californian: International workers day
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Border 2 Fire in Chula Vista
• The Tribune: Fourth of July fire burns historic Templeton Feed & Grain tower
• The Trinity Journal: Ranch fire
• The Trinity Journal: Volunteer diver reflects
• Tracy Press: West JROTC Sept. 11 Retreat
• Ventura County Star: Scenes from an immigration raid at Glass House Farms in Camarillo
• Voice of OC: Immigration Legal Aid Funds Grow in Orange County
• Voice of OC: Santa Ana School Board Considers Laying Off 280 Teachers, Other Staff

Online Story Presentation Page Layout & Design

• Capital & Main: Capital & Main
• Coachella Valley Independent: Coachella Valley Independent
• Local News Pasadena: Local News Pasadena Story Presentation Page Layout and Design
• The Trinity Journal: www.trinityjournal.com
• Zócalo Public Square: Zócalo Public Square

Photo Story/Essay

• Capital & Main: A Mother’s Battle to Protect Her Son’s Care
• Capital & Main: California’s Child Farmworkers: Exhausted, Underpaid and Toiling in Toxic Fields
• Lookout Santa Cruz: Pajaro levee cleanup
• Los Angeles Times: One refugee’s painful journey. Fleeing the U.S. and splitting up her family amid the Trump-era raids
• Los Medanos College-Experience: 231-Photo Essay 1-No Kings p1&8-102425
• Marin Independent Journal: Teen Weightlifter Heads to Nationals
• Monta Vista High School: 20,000 people line up from Palo Alto to Sunnyvale in historic “No Kings” protest against the Trump administration
• Monta Vista High School: San Francisco hosts annual Martin Luther King Jr. march
• Monta Vista High School: San Francisco Pride Parade 2025
• Monterey County Weekly: Documenting an evolving effort to treat addiction.
• Mountain View Voice: Community turns out for Mountain View’s first citywide Pride celebration
• Mountain View Voice: Los Altos Hills family threatened with eviction from Midpen open space preserve
• Napa Valley Register: 25th Annual Napa Valley Girls Classic
• Napa Valley Register: A rotary screw trap monitors Napa River fish
• Palo Alto Weekly: Stanford Theatre celebrates turning 100
• Record Searchlight: Photojournalist returns to Vietnam 50 years after the end of the of the war
• Redwood City Pulse: Meet the Midpeninsula artisans making furniture, decor and more out of reclaimed materials
• Redwood City Pulse: Silhouette Burlesque brings bold performances to The Hub in Redwood City
• Redwood City Pulse: Thousands pack Courthouse Square for Día de los Muertos
• San Francisco Chronicle: The Thin Line: the life and death fight to survive fentanyl addiction in San Francisco
• Santa Barbara Independent: Colorfully Clad Kids Brighten up Overcast Children’s Fiesta Parade
• Simi Valley Acorn: https://www.simivalleyacorn.com/articles/woodworking-students-craft-award-winning-projects/
• The Almanac: As the Bay Area’s salt pond restoration project moves forward, a tiny threatened shorebird remains under the watchful eye of biologists
• The Salinas Californian: Renters push back against Salinas City Council
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: “What If We Stay in Mexico?”
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: The Sewage Crisis
• The Tribune: A day at TK
• The Tribune: Counting clams
• The Tribune: Fourth of July fire burns Templeton Feed & Grain towers
• Thousand Oaks Acorn: More than a janitor: a school’s farewell to a friend
• Voice of OC: OC Cambodians Look to the Future
• Voice of OC: Orange County Grapples With Federal Occupation
• Voice of OC: Orange County Welcomes a Season of Renewal
• Voice of OC: Waiting for Work, Watching for ICE

Photojournalism

• Santa Cruz Local
• Abridged: Abridged by PBS KVIE photo journalism
• Capital & Main: Capital & Main photojournalism portfolio
• Coastside News: The Year in Photos
• Lookout Santa Cruz: Kevin Painchaud
• Los Angeles Times: Photos by the Los Angeles Times
• Monta Vista High School: El Estoque Website
• Napa Valley Register: Napa Valley Register: The Year in Photos 2025
• Palo Alto Weekly: A year of anger and solidarity: The images that captured 2025
• Santa Barbara Independent: Ingrid Bostrom Santa Barbara Photography
• Santa Cruz Sentinel: Shmuel Thaler’s 2025 photojournalism
• The Acorn: Acorn Photojournalism
• The Ark: The Ark: Photojournalism
• The Bakersfield Californian: Photojournalism at The Bakersfield Californian
• The Desert Sun: Best of The Desert Sun 2026
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: Photojournalism – Bay Area News Group
• The Orange County Register: Southern California News Group photojournalism
• The Record: San Joaquin County in photos
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: The San Diego Union-Tribune – Photojournalism
• The Trinity Journal: various photos
• Thousand Oaks Acorn: A year in the life: Thousand Oaks, CA
• Times-Herald: Photojournalist Chris Riley’s year in photos
• Voice of OC: Do Orange County Police Departments Need to Tear Gas Protestors?
• Voice of OC: OC Supervisors Don’t Answer Calls For Action Against DA For Harassment of Female Prosecutors
• Voice of OC: Orange Backs Off Trying to Unmask ICE
• Voice of OC: Police Tactics Against Peaceful Protesters in Santa Ana Get a Public Hearing
• Voice of OC: Vigil for Migrants

Print Front Page Layout & Design

• Chico Enterprise-Record: It came out of the sky
• Chico Enterprise-Record: Many sides of mom
• Claremont Courier: May 9, June 27 and December 12
• Coachella Valley Independent: Coachella Valley Independent
• Monterey County Weekly: Monterey County Weekly covers
• North Coast Journal: Pet Photo Contest, Protecting the Night, Summer of Fun
• Palo Alto Weekly: Palo Alto Weekly – front page
• Palo Alto Weekly: Palo Alto Weekly front pages
• Pleasanton Weekly: Covers by Doug
• Record Searchlight: ‘Freedom is never free’
• Santa Barbara Independent: Crude Awakening
• The Ark: The Ark Front Pages
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: The Mercury News/East Bay Times print front page layout and design
• The Press Democrat: Backyard Buzzkill
• The Press Democrat: Promise & Peril
• The Press Democrat: They crashed. They killed
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Arts & Culture
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Union-Tribune A1
• The Trinity Journal: March 5, April 9, May 28

Print Inside Page Layout & Design

• Claremont Courier: Claremont Living
• Comstock’s Magazine: Play Ball: Excitement in Sacramento as the A’s take the field at Sutter Health Park
• Comstock’s Magazine: Women in Leadership 2025
• Los Angeles Daily Journal: Editorial Page
• North Coast Journal: Protecting the Night, Red-Light Women – Part II
• Palo Alto Weekly: Palo Alto Weekly inside pages – 2
• Pleasanton Weekly: County fair closing weekend
• Pleasanton Weekly: Pleasanton Weekly’s 25th Anniversary Celebration
• Santa Barbara Independent: Fiesta
• The Almanac: The Almanac – inside pages – protein bar
• The Almanac: The Almanac – inside pages – sushi
• The Ark: Home, fall
• The Ark: Home, spring
• The Ark: Spring Home Inside Pages
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: Experience Omakase: Is this high-end sushi trend worth the price? We go to four Bay Area restaurants to find out
• The Press Democrat: Dining Out – The Press Democrat Weekly Section
• The Press Democrat: Feast & Wine
• The Press Democrat: Weekend
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Arts & Culture
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Union-Tribune Sports
• Times-Standard: “We are thrilled”

Print Special Section

• Beverly Hills Courier: Beverly Hills Courier Holiday STYLE
• Beverly Hills Courier: Beverly Hills Courier Summer STYLE
• Beverly Press/Park Labrea News: Our People Our Places – The Stars Shine in LA
• Claremont Courier: The Almanac
• Coachella Valley Independent: Best of Coachella Valley 2025-2026
• Los Angeles Daily Journal: Salute to Veterans
• Palo Alto Weekly: Home & Real Estate
• The Almanac: Midpeninsula Life
• The Ark: The Spirit of Generosity
• The Bakersfield Californian: Bakersfield Life October 2025 issue
• The Bakersfield Californian: Bakersfile Life celebrates the holidays, December 2025
• The Bakersfield Californian: National First Responders Day
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: The Mercury News/East Bay Times print special section: Blueprints
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: The Mercury News/East Bay Times print special section: Play Ball
• The Orange County Register: SCNG wildfires special section
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Padres Season Preview
• The Trinity Journal: Salute to Veterans 2025
• Tracy Press: Celebrate Tracy
• VOICE Magazine: ¡Viva La Fiesta! Old Spanish Days Special Edition, VOICE Magazine

Print Special Section Cover

• Beverly Hills Courier: Beverly Hills Courier
• Beverly Hills Courier: Beverly Hills Courier Summer STYLE; Beverly Hills Courier Holiday STYLE
• Claremont Courier: Claremont Living and Holiday Magic
• Claremont Courier: Fourth of July and Village Venture
• Los Angeles Daily Journal: Top Real Estate Lawyers and Top Family Lawyers and Top Professional Responsibility Lawyers
• The Ark: The Ark Special Section Covers
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: Mercury News/East Bay Times print special section covers
• The Orange County Register: Our cities in ruins
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: U-T Special Sections
• The Trinity Journal: Fire, Recreation Guide, Almanac

Profile Story

• Abridged: Given three years to live three years ago, Quirina Orozco is still embracing life
• Archbishop Riordan High School-The Crusader: Behind the screens of the Wi-Fi Whisperers
• Beverly Hills Courier: Byron Allen: How His Extraordinary Journey Created a Media Empire
• Beverly Hills Courier: Gustavo Dudamel: The Legacy of a Megastar Maestro | Feature Interview
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: CPP ALUMNI TAKES MOTORCYCLE TRIP TO ALASKA
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: CPP STUDENT FIGHTS BACK AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY WITH NEW BILL
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS REDEFINE VISUAL STORYTELLING AT CPP
• Capital & Main: The Loss of Kent Wong and the Future of Labor and Immigrant Rights in California
• Coachella Valley Independent: Know Your Neighbors: Meet Jason Powell, a Palm Springs High Music Teacherand a Child-Abuse Survivor Who Tells His Story to Help Others
• Comstock’s Magazine: Fritz Grupe: At 87, He’s a Real-Life Western Legend
• Daily Breeze: Kindness 2025: Hermosa Beach resident turns grief into art
• Daily Press: Popular YouTube traveler, vlogger ‘Adam the Woo’ remembered in High Desert
• De Anza College-La Voz News: From Hong Kong to US
• De Anza College-La Voz News: New college president discusses goals, hopes
• EdSource: How this teen pushed California to change special education policy
• El Camino College-The Union: 13-year-old aspiring sports journalist from Lancaster covers El Camino College football games
• GV Wire: Misty Her Calls for ‘Huge Mindset Shift’ at Fresno Unified as She Campaigns for Top Job
• Los Angeles Times: This disabled mom survived the Eaton fire. Now, the recovery is killing her
• Los Angeles Times: Tony Lam was an original influencer in Little Saigon and he’s still got it
• Los Medanos College-Experience: 231-Profile story-Weber by CJ-092025
• Los Medanos College-Experience: 231-Profile-Zane Baltz
• Mid Valley Times: Dinuba Women’s Club reflects on 130-year legacy
• Monta Vista High School: MVHS alum Ruri Kobayakawa’s journey as a firefighter
• Monta Vista High School: Night custodian Ana Cortez shares how she balances work and personal life
• Monta Vista High School: Veteran discusses transition back into civilian life
• Monterey County Weekly: A deeper look at the Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy
• Napa Valley Register: Napa animals, big and small, get a hand from nonprofit CART
• Palo Alto Weekly: Portrait of a legacy: Mildred Jones and Brooklyn’s untold story
• Pleasanton Weekly: Love and longevity
• Redwood City Pulse: From shared bills to built-in friends: The Silicon Valley house redefining rental life
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: Remembering her Sparkle: Erica Wilson Tribute
• San Francisco Chronicle: ‘The luckiest unlucky guy’: 20-year-old escapes homelessness by busking at BART
• San Francisco Chronicle: A San Francisco police officer saw the drug crisis up close. But he was carrying a dark secret
• Santa Clara Weekly: Dacre Stoker: Keeping Dracula in the Family
• Santa Clara Weekly: Santa Clara Man Offers Police Training on UFO Sightings
• Santa Cruz Sentinel: Community mourns longtime Sentinel reporter Jessica York
• SFGATE: Alex Simon #2
• The Almanac: Founder of Woodside Vineyards turns 99
• The Desert Sun: A suicide bomber destroyed his clinic. He paid for the funeral, didn’t miss a day of work
• The Press Democrat: Dad’ at daughter’s wedding is new highlight in life forged by Geyserville man 35 years after he was paralyzed
• The Press Democrat: Jesika’s journey: Former addict now a health care ‘hero’ for vulnerable Sonoma County residents
• The Press Democrat: Phil Coturri, father of organic winegrowing in the US steps down after 60 harvests in Sonoma
• The Record: ‘He was bigger than life’: United Way trailblazer Andy Prokop leaves deep legacy in Stockton
• The Salinas Californian: New Pajaro CERT team first to receive emergency training in Spanish
• The Sonoma Index-Tribune: Sonoma’s new Parks head: ‘Any thriving community has a strong Parks and Recreation Department’
• Voice of OC: Fighting Cancer, Spreading Awareness With Art
• Voice of OC: How State Senator Tony Strickland Became Orange County’s Political Lazarus
• Voice of OC: Santana: A DIY Approach to Watchdogging Local Government

Public Service Journalism

• Capital & Main: California’s Child Farmworkers: Exhausted, Underpaid and Toiling in Toxic Fields
• El Tecolote: Despite FDA warnings, this ‘supplement’ remains popular among S.F. immigrants
• GV Wire: Coverage of Fresno EOC
• GV Wire: Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission
• India Currents: This Immigrant Life
• Local News Pasadena: Public Service and Information after the Eaton Fire
• Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles firestorms
• Marin Independent Journal: Friction at MCE: A four-part series
• Monterey County Weekly: Coverage of a catastrophic lithium ion battery fire.
• Palo Alto Weekly: East Palo Alto prepares for ICE
• Ramona Sentinel: Issa introduces bill to rename Post Office after boxer
• San Francisco Chronicle: Failed to Death
• San Jose Spotlight: What San Jose residents can do if stopped by ICE
• Santa Clara Weekly: Domestic Violence Series
• Stocktonia News Service: Amid a mass shooting, a tiny newsroom uncovers facts, presses for answers and cares for its community
• The Business Journal: Central Valley hospitals join elite group offering revolutionary CAR-T cancer therapy
• The Fresno Bee: California City detention facility, immigration raids
• The Merced Sun-Star: Merced is a top agricultural county. Why aren’t fresh groceries accessible?
• The Press Democrat: Greatest financial collapse in the history of Santa Rosa’s 150-year-old public school system
• The Record: Stockton Mass Shooting
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: ‘Forcing change’ in San Diego County’s largest health care system
• The Sun-Gazette: Earlimart PUD project finally finds its flow
• The Tribune: Tribune sues Paso Robles over concilman’s hidden public records
• The Trinity Journal: Secure Rural Schools
• Voice of OC: OC Kneecaps Hate Incident Reporting

Religion and Faith Writing

• Capital & Main: Trump’s War on ICE-Fearing Catholics
• Capital & Main: When the Flames Came for an Altadena Church
• Capital & Main: Why the Black Pope Matters from New Orleans’ 7th Ward to South Los Angeles and Beyond
• Chico Enterprise-Record: Local spirit
• India Currents: Between Mantra and Modern Life
• India Currents: Modern Burnout, Ancient Solutions
• India Currents: My Padayatra: A Walk Of Life Tracing The Footsteps Of Adi Shankaracharya
• J. The Jewish News of Northern California: Rabbis who took psychedelics for study describe ‘profound,’ spiritual experiences
• Local News Pasadena: How are be to be the Light? – Rabbi Jill Gold Wright
• Los Angeles Times: Evangelism and Erewhon: They came to L.A. for the Hollywood dream, then shot to Bible stardom
• Mid Valley Times: Sister Lucy Cassarino upholds 60 years of faith
• Palo Alto Weekly: Priest. Protester. Advocate. Father Goode steps down after decades of service
• Rancho Bernardo News Journal: San Rafael Catholic Parish is celebrating 50 years in Rancho Bernardo
• Santa Cruz Sentinel: Santa Cruz rabbi brings purpose to incarcerated men through Choices for Life class
• The Orange County Register: With reports of ICE at churches, Southern California’s faithful find healing, hope in prayer
• The Press Democrat: In polarized times, Rabbi Jeremy Morrison fosters dialogue at Sonoma County’s largest synagogue
• The Press-Enterprise: Meet Pastor Tim Thompson, the Inland Empire’s direct link to MAGA
• The Sacramento Bee: Fleming: Modern Christianity
• The Tribune: House churches and youth nights: How worship is changing in SLO County
• The Tribune: Jewish movie showing in SLO led to accusations of antisemitism. What happened?
• Ventura County Star: The kingmaker’s pastor eagerly awaits 4 years of Trump
• Voice of OC: Orange County Gears up to Celebrate Winter Holidays
• Voice of OC: Orange County Welcomes a Season of Renewal
• Zócalo Public Square: The Dusty L.A. Stable Where Black Migrants Made Real Democracy

Social Justice & Civic Engagement

• Capital & Main: The Crackdown on L.A. Protests is Costing the City Millions
• Capital & Main: We Are Living Through the Whitelash Five Years After George Floyd Was Killed
• ChicoSol: North State Shows up for No Kings 2
• Coachella Valley Independent: Hate Emboldened: A Series of Anti-LGBTQ+ Incidents in Palm Springs and Cathedral City Force Residents and City Officials to Take Action
• Local News Pasadena: Japanese-American Issues Series – Victoria Thomas
• Marin Independent Journal: Thousands in Marin join anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protest
• Mountain View Voice: Coverage of local protests against Trump administration
• New Times: Local tribe navigates federal acknowledgement process in pursuit of tribal sovereignty
• Palo Alto Weekly: Stanford Medical staff stand up
• San Fernando Valley Sun: A call for Dodgers boycott following ICE raids
• San Fernando Valley Sun: Documentarian After Being Held by Police for Four Days is Undeterred
• Santa Barbara Independent: Smoke and Mirrors: Fallout from Federal Raids at Glass House Farms
• Santa Cruz Sentinel: Pajaro Valley | Activists reflect on monthlong hunger strike
• The Modesto Bee: City’s anti-mask-ordinance draws public outrage and potential lawsuit
• The Record: ‘Fight for those without your privilege’: More than 2,500 protest Trump on ‘No Kings Day’ in Stockton
• The Salinas Californian: Spurred by tragedy, Salinas business owner successfully lobbies for new California law
• The Sonoma Index-Tribune: Sonoma Valley Pride sees record turnout, community strength
• The Sun-Gazette: Three Rivers community protests Trump immigration policies, government shutdown, and federal layoffs
• Visalia Times-Delta: How water, community are bringing life to Farmersville’s historic Deep Creek Cemetery
• Zócalo Public Square: Where Does Deportation Come From?

Social Media Innovation Award

• Beverly Press/Park Labrea News: Beverly Press/Park Labrea News Instagram campaign
• India Currents: Rooted
• Los Angeles Times: Navigating the immigration raids

Sports Action Photo

• Archbishop Riordan High School-The Crusader: A season of firsts: Football scores first CCS title
• Archbishop Riordan High School-The Crusader: Boys basketball soars to top in WCAL
• Archbishop Riordan High School-The Crusader: Crusader swim team brings the heat
• Auburn Journal: Flying cowboy
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: CPP BASEBALL SECURES SERIES WIN WITH DRAMATIC VICTORY OVER NO. 15 CSU MONTEREY BAY
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: CPP ROLLER HOCKEY CLUB ENDS ITS REGULAR SEASON OFF WITH SECOND-PLACE FINISH IN TOURNAMENT
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: RECAP ON THE ONTARIO REIGN’S SEASON
• Chino Champion: Four-time champion
• Claremont Courier: Soft landing
• CSU Fresno-The Collegian: Turnovers and penalties to play key roles in Homecoming match for Bulldogs
• De Anza College-La Voz News: Football holds on to razor-thin homecoming win
• La Canada Flintridge Outlook Valley Sun: Sliding back to safety
• Los Angeles Daily News: Walk-off in the World Series
• Los Angeles Times: Glory Road
• Los Medanos College-Experience: 231-SpActionPh 1-Mayfield-RGB-120525
• Los Medanos College-Experience: 231-SpActionPh 2-vSanJoaqD-CMYK-110725
• Monta Vista High School: Varsity Boys Basketball falls to Lynbrook High School 65-63
• Monterey Herald: Football Dive!
• Monterey Herald: What a save!
• Napa Valley Register: Basketball
• Pasadena Outlook: Pasadena Sports
• Pleasanton Weekly: Star swimmer Luka Mijatovic
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: Game Over
• San Francisco Chronicle: Sports Action Photo: Santiago Mejia
• Santa Cruz Sentinel: Saint Francis Wins!
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: Baseball – 1
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: Football – 1
• Tehachapi News: Flying high
• The Acorn: Bearded Lady
• The Desert Sun: Match point
• The Modesto Bee: Battling for a game-tying header
• The Press Democrat: Bloops, blips and head bangs
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Padres’ Manny Machado at NL Wild Card Series
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Skating at Exposure
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Super Girl Surf Pro
• The Trinity Journal: Kayak paddle
• The Trinity Journal: Kloe on the dribble
• The Trinity Journal: Ruth Rodeo
• Tracy Press: MHHS v Weston Ranch soccer
• Tracy Press: THS v Lodi flag football
• Ventura County Star: Check out photos from the CIF-Southern Section track and field championships at Moorpark

Sports Feature Story

• Bay Area Reporter: Soccer team collab boosts profile of artist Kapitulnik
• Capital & Main: Inside the Plan to Use Trans Student-Athletes to Push Voters to the Right
• Capital & Main: Running While Black, Latino or Asian American Under Trump
• Capital & Main: Trans Student Athlete AB Hernandez Finds Support in Her Town That Elected Trump
• Castro Valley High School-The Olympian: Zander Harris lights up the court
• CSU Dominguez Hills-The Bulletin: Toros basketball: Historic seasons come to a bittersweet end
• CSU Dominguez Hills-The Bulletin: Toros chase legacy after back-to-back CCAA Season victories
• Daily Press: Remembering Hector Cuevas Jr., a man who ‘simply loved football’ and serving his community
• Del Mar Times: Players, parents urge district to reinstate lacrosse coach
• GV Wire: Clovis Girls Soccer Team Wins National Title After Years of Grit, Heart, and Sacrifice
• GV Wire: Remembering 1985 SF Giants, Franchise’s Worst Team but a Wellspring of Broadcasters
• La Canada Flintridge Outlook Valley Sun: Boys’ Basketball: St. Francis, Palisades Communities Rebound Together at Rare Sunday Game
• Lamorinda Weekly: An unlikely football Journey
• Local News Pasadena: Sports Legends Reporting – Richard Assad
• Los Angeles Daily News: This former UCLA coach’s class provides a unique learning environment
• Los Angeles Times: Pali High football: A team of wildfire nomads searches for normalcy
• Mid Valley Times: Sanger boxer one step closer to Olympic dream
• New Times: Archers of all ages find a wealth of resources and community at Central Coast Archery
• Pacific Coast Business Times: Central Coast, center court: Historic Oakland Soldiers announce Santa Barbara franchise
• Pleasanton Weekly: ‘A generational talent’
• Press-Telegram: At the Grand Prix of Long Beach, a motorsports fan lives the dream of riding in a race car
• San Francisco Chronicle: 49ers’ Kendrick Bourne was lost. Then he found salvation at a Miami nightclub
• Santa Clara Weekly: Santa Clara Golfer Wins Boys 11 World Golf Title
• SFGATE: The Bay Area’s most in-demand tennis court is inside a prison
• Tehachapi News: Pen in Hand: Miracle on the mountain
• The Ark: From prison to podium: Tiburon man finds second chance at life through running
• The Bakersfield Californian: Kennedy Pride: Delano community embraces Thunderbirds as they charge toward CIF state title game
• The Modesto Bee: Father-son matchup takes center stage in high school football contest
• The Press Democrat: Last homestand for Sonoma State University basketball teams
• The Press Democrat: Next step for Hanne Thomsen, Sonoma County’s fastest-ever girls distance runner
• The Press Democrat: Petaluma woman, 79, marks 95th Golden Gate swim
• The Reporter: Vacaville’s Roman Conner-Owens shining as two-way star
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Defensive coordinator leads Dons into Open Division final with broken heart
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Mohamed Mansour: From ‘Mo the Waiter’ to San Diego FC owner
• Ventura County Star: Bonded by tragedy, Grace football is following the Williams brothers’ lead

Sustainability Award

• Lookout Santa Cruz: Lookout Santa Cruz, Sustainability
• Palo Alto Weekly: Photo Contest 2025
• Palo Alto Weekly: Short Story Contest 2025
• Palo Alto Weekly: The Future of Local Journalism is in Your Hands 2025 Fall Membership Drive Campaign

Technology Reporting

• Bay Area Reporter: Queer SF content creators say Instagram applies double standard to LGBTQs
• Capital & Main: As California AI Data Centers Grow, So Does Dirty Energy
• Capital & Main: Colorado Residents Now Have a Way to ‘See’ the Toxic Emissions They Live With
• Capital & Main: Tracking the Chaos of Trump 2.0
• Coachella Valley Independent: Meeting Kids’ Needs: Palm Springs Unified School District’s eSports Program Showcases the Benefits of Gaming
• GV Wire: Fusion Energy Race Is On. Two Local Lawmakers Want California to Lead the Way
• Los Angeles Daily Journal: Courts grapple with copyright limits as AI training lawsuits surge
• Los Angeles Daily News: Can the future of local policing be found in this LA County city?
• Los Angeles Times: ‘Acts of pure evil’: Feds indict alleged members of child sex abuse network
• Los Angeles Times: How AI is transforming the Bay Area
• Los Angeles Times: Inside the race to train AI robots how to act human in the real world
• Mountain View Voice: Delivery drones take off in Mountain View, Sunnyvale
• Pacific Coast Business Times: A quantum leap for UCSB Nobel prizes; Santa Barbara’s Quantum ties are just beginning; Santa Barbara AI firm raises $21M in Series A
• Santa Clara Weekly: Sunnyvale Leads the Way on Language Inclusivity
• The Acorn: Tap Here: Partnership Develops New Drinking Water Source
• The Orange County Register: UC Irvine physicist’s discovery could take us a sub-atomic step closer to the cosmos
• The Tribune: Big tech is going nuclear. Could Diablo Canyon be used to power AI in SLO County?
• The Tribune: How SLO County is becoming a hub for tech innovation in the middle of California

Tourism/Travel Writing/Reporting

• Capital & Main: Los Angeles Hospitality Workers Win Olympian Pay Raise
• Coachella Valley Independent: Vine Social: Scenes From a Trip to Uruguay, South America’s Best-Kept Wine Secret
• India Currents: A Day In Shimla, Chasing The Phantom Rickshaw
• India Currents: Indian Stepwells: Ancient Oases Of Art & Ingenuity
• India Currents: Journeys Through India: Roots, Rituals, and Reinvention
• Los Angeles Times: I went on a 2,500-mile search for the greatest motels in California. Here’s what I found
• Napa Valley Register: Napa County’s Highway 128 has scenery, but no state scenic signs
• San Marino Tribune: Two San Marinos, One Extended Family
• SFGATE: Camping chaos hits one of California’s most scenic spots
• SFGATE: Why San Francisco still owns a California town with just 63 people
• The Acorn: From Castles to Vineyards, River Cruising Booms in 2025
• The Ark: Provence offers inside look at magic world of truffle hunting
• The Desert Sun: Some Canadian snowbirds consider leaving Coachella Valley for good over Trump’s actions
• The Folsom Telegraph: Yosemite offers family friendly adventure close to home
• The Orange County Register: Vancouver packs steady stream of discovery into long weekend escape
• The Press Democrat: 4 hours kayak fishing at a Santa Rosa lake with a fly rod … and a rattlesnake in the boat
• The Press Democrat: Mendocino Coast’s sustainable cuisine at Harbor House Inn
• The Press Democrat: ‘So blessed’: Local winemaker, son hike 170 miles for a cause close to home
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: San Diego airport’s new Terminal 1 is about to open. It had no choice but to build a bigger facility. (copy) (copy)
• The Tribune: What is there to do in a town with a population of only 18? In Harmony plenty

Transportation Reporting

• Abridged: How rejected concrete fueled months of delays on Highway 50
• Capital & Main: Residents Say Van Nuys Airport Is Making Them Sick
• GV Wire: Fresno’s Blackstone Avenue Plan Is Here. Will Fewer Vehicle Lanes Entice Cyclists?
• Mid Valley Times: Measure C debate stalls countywide transportation funds
• Palo Alto Weekly: Electric aviation arrives at Palo Alto Airport
• Palo Alto Weekly: ‘Nobody asked for this’: Waymo cars flock to quiet Palo Alto street
• Press-Telegram: Long Beach Transit suspends pilot program after ICE recruitment ad ran on 7 buses
• Ramona Sentinel: Ramona leaders get vocal about improving SR-67
• San Francisco Chronicle: Has the Great Highway closure led to a traffic nightmare? This is the most complete data yet
• San Francisco Chronicle: Transportation Reporting: Rachel Swan
• The Almanac: Locals call for better design of Four Corners intersection
• The Desert Sun: ‘Lives are at stake’: Safety concerns over Highway 74 prompt lawmakers to file legislation in Sacramento
• The Mercury News/East Bay Times: Lake Tahoe boating tragedy: Victims completed safety course, but half of California boaters have not
• The Press Democrat: North Bay commuters slam Caltrans over big change in Highway 101 carpool lane hours
• The Press Democrat: Sonoma County residents report ‘deafening’ airplane noise after federal flight path changes
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: San Diego airport’s new Terminal 1 is about to open. It had no choice but to build a bigger facility. (copy)
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Train tracks likely to stay on Del Mar bluffs for decades
• The Sonoma Index-Tribune: Sonoma General Plan task force review’s city’s transportation goals
• The Sun-Gazette: $3M settlement puts TCRTA, Porterville back on track
• The Voice of San Francisco: Muni riders face summer service cuts as SFMTA grapples with budget crisis
• The Voice of San Francisco: Muni riders flood transit agency with operator praise on Transit Driver Appreciation Day
• Voice of OC: Easing Commutes
• Voice of OC: E-Bike Crackdowns
• Voice of OC: Parking Woes

Video Journalism – Other

• 48 Hills: Andrew Brobst, video journalism
• Abridged: Anh Phoong takes us to her go-to restaurant in Sacramento
• Capital & Main: Black Altadena Rebuilds after the Eaton Fire with Guidance from Octavia Butler
• Capital & Main: What It’s Like to ‘Self-Deport’
• Castro Valley High School-The Olympian: Trojans Celebrate Homecoming 2025
• ChicoSol: Paradise symphony rehearsal moves Ukrainians to tears
• De Anza College-La Voz News: “Just Do It”: De Anza student builds 3D-printed bikes from scratch
• De Anza College-La Voz News: Bay area choir preserves Persian heritage through music
• De Anza College-La Voz News: Fact Friday: April 25
• El Camino College-The Union: Here, there were cats: El Camino sees significant decline in feline population
• Los Angeles Times: A 65-mile horse ride honors legendary Mexican outlaw
• Los Angeles Times: How we printed the paper: The closing of a printing plant
• Los Angeles Times: Oscar the Grouch talks favorite trash and why it’s OK to be grouchy
• Los Medanos College-Experience: 231-Video feature-Scrapbooking
• San Francisco Chronicle: This is the Bay Area’s #1 restaurant | S.F. Chronicle Top 100
• The Orange County Register: Orange County history
• The Tribune: Hundreds gather to remember on Memorial Day in Paso Robles
• The Tribune: Open space advocates raising money to buy Cuesta Inlet
• The Tribune: Parents remember Atascadero boy killed in hit-and-run
• Zócalo Public Square: What Is the Language of Taste?

Video JournalismNews

• 48 Hills: Andrew Brobst, video reporting
• Archbishop Riordan High School-The Crusader: Pop Art: Where color meets culture
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: HOW CPP IS GENERATING BUZZ WITH APIARY PROGRAM
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: ICONIC SKATE SPOTS AT CAL POLY POMONA
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: MEET BILLYBOT: CPP’s FIRST AUTONOMOUS ROBOT GUIDE
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: THE BRONCO PEP BAND
• Capital & Main: Inside the Plan to Use Trans Student-Athletes to Push Voters to the Right
• Capital & Main: Trump’s Plan to End Forest Protections Targets a ‘Conservation Success Story’
• CSU Dominguez Hills-The Bulletin: Toros brace for delays to SNAP benefits
• De Anza College-La Voz News: Ballots and Backlash: Campaigns and Complaints
• De Anza College-La Voz News: Students converge on SFSU over ICE arrests, deportations, visa revocations
• De Anza College-La Voz News: Valley Fair shooting
• GV Wire: California Medical School Welcomes Record Class of Fresno State Graduates
• GV Wire: Check Out Newest Downtown Mural. It’s a Spectacular Tribute to Fresno Artisans
• Los Angeles Times: Escape from the Palisades
• Los Angeles Times: How violent online groups like CVLT and 764 recruit, extort and abuse teens
• Los Angeles Times: ICE raids impact children of street vendors
• San Francisco Chronicle: Gavin Newsom saved California’s last nuclear plant. But do we really need it?
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: Inside the world of kratom: Regulation, dependence and the debate over a ‘natural’ drug
• The Press-Enterprise: Understanding rising maternity mortality rates
• The Tribune: Massive fire burns Templeton Feed & Grain building
• Ventura County Star: Palisades Fire:Couple returns to search for family mementos
• Ventura County Star: Watch tense moments from protest at Camarillo ICE field office

Wildfire Feature Coverage

• Beverly Press/Park Labrea News: Jan. 7, 2025:a day that forever changed Los Angeles – Our People Our Places
• Burbank Leader: Woman Loses Home and Stables in Fire, Saves 39 Horses
• Capital & Main: People With Disabilities Struggle to Secure Accessible Housing After Disasters Like the L.A. Fires
• Capital & Main: Re-Construction and Altadena
• Capital & Main: When the Flames Came for an Altadena Church
• Chico Enterprise-Record: Rural communities reflect on aftermath of Camp Fire
• Coachella Valley Independent: Wildfire Ready: Palm Springs and the Rest of the Coachella Valley Are Better Prepared for Blazes Than Beforebut Danger Remains
• Daily Press: ‘The worst California fire I’ve seen’: How Eaton Fire evacuees were forced to leave it all
• Glendale News-Press: ‘Grace of God’: One Family’s Fate Is Spared
• GV Wire: As Garnet Fire Nears, Memories of Creek Fire’s Destruction Flare Up for Mountain and Foothill Folks
• J. The Jewish News of Northern California: With wildfires untamed, anguished L.A. communities carry on with Jewish life
• La Canada Flintridge Outlook Valley Sun: La Cañada Flintridge Artist Lightens the Burden of Healing
• La Canada Flintridge Outlook Valley Sun: La Cañada Teachers Dealing with Loss: ‘It’s Going to be Hell for a While’
• La Canada Flintridge Outlook Valley Sun: Months After Eaton Fire, La Cañada Unified School District Teachers Reflect and Rebuild
• Local News Pasadena: Climate Specialist Saves Hundreds of Lives in Eaton Fire – Phil Hopkins
• Los Angeles Times: In the ruins of Palisades fire, confronting my elusive Malibu life
• Los Angeles Times: Mobile homes by the beach: In Pacific Palisades, a middle-class dream is destroyed
• Pasadena Star-News: Eaton fire destroys 3 generations of Altadena family’s homes
• Pasadena Star-News: First came the firefight. Now comes the battle for Altadena’s future
• Redwood City Pulse: Emergency flight brings shelter animals to the Peninsula after LA fires
• San Fernando Valley Sun: Christmas from the heart of Altadena
• San Fernando Valley Sun: Family Loses House but Not Their Home in Beloved Altadena
• Santa Maria Sun: Red Cross provides safe parking for evacuee during the Gifford Fire
• The Desert Sun: ‘You learn early to be prepared’: SoCal mountain town residents who’ve been burned before prepare for high winds
• The Orange County Register: Misinformation about California fires is spreading like, well, wildfire
• The Orange County Register: Wildfires redefine ‘OK’ and ‘safe’ for all in Southern California
• The Press Democrat: ‘Can’t just let them leave us behind:’ Northern California wildfire claimants continue fight to be made whole
• The Press Democrat: How Santa Rosa-based app Watch Duty became an indispensable tool during Los Angeles’ wildfires
• The Press Democrat: Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park residents have something to share with Los Angeles fire survivors
• The Sonoma Index-Tribune: Nonprofits team up to airlift LA shelter dogs to Sonoma
• Ventura County Star: Resident takes stand to save hillside home from Palisades Fire
• Zócalo Public Square: To the Kids of the L.A. Fires. From a Kid Who Made It Through Katrina

Wildfire News Coverage

• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: LA FACES ONE OF DEADLIEST FIRES IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY DISPLACING THOUSANDS
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: THE ROAD TO RECOVERY: HOW COMMUNITIES DESTROYED WORK TO REBUILD
• Capital & Main: As Los Angeles Burns, Immigrants Mobilize
• Capital & Main: Did Some Airbnb Hosts Raise Rents Too High After L.A. Fires?
• Capital & Main: Trump’s FEMA Proposals and Feud With Gavin Newsom Could Devastate California’s Disaster Response
• Claremont Courier: ‘It looks like they just dropped a bomb’: family recounts Eaton Fire experience, and ‘Don’t lose me’: Claremonter saves elderly women from Eaton Fire
• De Anza College-La Voz News: Fire departments urge preparation for wildfire season in Northern California
• GV Wire: Fresno County’s Garnet Fire
• Local News Pasadena: How Two Words Saved Hundreds of Lives in Eaton Fire – Phil Hopkins
• Local News Pasadena: Phil Hopkins
• Los Angeles Daily Journal: Eaton and Palisades Fire litigation strained courts in 2025
• Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles firestorms
• Pasadena Star-News: President Trump’s visit to view wildfire damage leaves questions about what federal aid will come
• Pasadena Star-News: Southern California wildfires
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: Wildfires Devastate Los Angeles, Country Day Connections Affected
• San Fernando Valley Sun: Home Nurse Describes Challenge of Evacuating Patient During Palisades Fire
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: Pickett Fire team coverage
• The Acorn: Fire Debris Opponents Block Landfill
• The Modesto Bee: Wildfire tears through historic Chinese Camp
• The Press Democrat: Napa County’s Pickett Fire underscores progress in Spanish-language updates but gaps remain
• The Press Democrat: Pickett Fire menaces communities in eastern Napa County, burning through forest and vineyards
• The Press Democrat: The night Napa County nearly lost Aetna Springs to the Pickett Fire
• Ventura County Star: In the aftermath of the Mountain Fire

Wildfire Photo

• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: LA FACES ONE OF DEADLIEST FIRES IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY DISPLACING THOUSANDS
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: THE ROAD TO RECOVERY: HOW COMMUNITIES DESTROYED WORK TO REBUILD
• Capital & Main: As Los Angeles Burns, Immigrants Mobilize
• Capital & Main: Flames engulf a home in Altadena
• Capital & Main: Smoke drifts over Will Rogers State Beach during the Palisades fire
• Claremont Courier: Eaton Canyon Altadena couple loses home
• Daily Press: Eaton Fire aftermath: Altadena in the days following destructive wildfire
• De Anza College-La Voz News: Fire departments urge preparation for wildfire season in Northern California
• Los Angeles Times: Fighting the flames
• Los Angeles Times: What remains after the Palisades fire
• Los Angeles Times: Without a prayer
• Napa Valley Register: Pickett Fire
• Napa Valley Register: Pickett Fire family
• Napa Valley Register: Pickett Fire firefighters
• Pasadena Star-News: Wildfire on the waterfront
• San Fernando Valley Sun: White Picket Fence
• San Francisco Chronicle: Wildfire Photo: Stephen Lam
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: Picket Fire – 4
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: Pickett Fire firefighters
• The Desert Sun: Wolf Fire
• The Press Democrat: Cal Fire helitack team fights Cazadero house fire
• The Press Democrat: Kent Porter captures the deadly Esparto fireworks explosion
• The Press Democrat: Night fight to save Aetna Springs from Napa County’s Pickett Fire
• The Tribune: Gifford Fire smoke
• The Tribune: Oso Flaco fire
• Ventura County Star: See Laguna Fire break out near CSU Channel Islands near Camarillo

Writing

• Archbishop Riordan High School-The Crusader: Faith. Family. Taybeh.
• Archbishop Riordan High School-The Crusader: Pellegrino prevails: Teacher survives near-death encounter
• Archbishop Riordan High School-The Crusader: Riordan drama sparks lifelong love story
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: CPP STUDENT FIGHTS BACK AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY WITH NEW BILL
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: DESPITE $10M IN FILM PROFITS, LANTERMAN OPERATES AT $7M DEFICIT
• Cal Poly-Pomona-The Poly Post: HSI ON PAPER BUT NOT IN PRACTICE: LATINOS SAY REPRESENTATION STILL LACKS AT CSUS
• Capital & Main: The David vs. Goliath Story of a Ranching Family and an Oil Giant
• Claremont Courier: Coyote sightings, reports of aggression spiking in Claremont, Claremont’s No Kings protest is massive, peaceful
• Claremont Courier: Grateful for it all, Searching for home in Tehachapi, and News flash: men do dumb stuff
• Coachella Valley Independent: Vine Social: Hide the Good Stuffa Sommelier’s Survival Guide to Thanksgiving Wine
• Comstock’s Magazine: Finding Awe in the Everyday: Research suggests this strong emotion can be harnessed to improve mental health
• CSU Fresno-The Collegian: Opinion: Charlie Kirk is not a martyr
• De Anza College-La Voz News: DASG senate puts off $22K bike corral cover over conflict of interest
• El Camino College-The Union: Project linking Redondo Beach to Torrance by light rail train divides community
• GV Wire: How 9/11 Taught Me Fear and Belonging as an Arab American
• India Currents: When Authenticity Is Performative; Why Gatekeeping On “Cultural Authenticity” Can Be Problematic
• J. The Jewish News of Northern California: Tylenol didn’t make me autistic but autism made me a journalist
• Local News Pasadena: The Case of the Vanished Tabby – Phil Hopkins
• Los Angeles Daily Journal: A decade after San Bernardino: A reporter reflects on the day violence hit home
• Los Angeles Times: Gold, guns and cartels: The battle for a billion-dollar mine
• Los Angeles Times: Hard lives in California’s fields: ‘The American dream eats us alive’
• Los Angeles Times: Inside the alleged Mexican Mafia plot to smuggle heroin with an L.A. jail deputy
• Los Medanos College-Experience: 231-Writing-MetGala-CJ-050925
• Napa Valley Register: Brewing trust: Coffee with a Cop links Napa law enforcement to residents
• Pasadena Star-News: Eaton fire destroys 3 generations of Altadena family’s homes
• Petaluma Argus-Courier: ‘It’s just ashes’: Petaluma native loses home in Los Angeles wildfire
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: The Octagon is Not Meant to be Your Spare Umbrella
• Sacramento Country Day School-The Octagon: Too Many Clubs, Not Enough Meaningful Impact
• San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco’s first ‘equity’ weed store was an epic failure. City Hall insiders may still pocket millions
• Santa Ana College-el Don: Blading Cup 2025 draws world’s top talents to Santa Ana
• Santa Barbara Independent: An American Dream Fulfilled
• Santa Rosa Junior College-The Oak Leaf: Olive Garden: When you’re here, you’re family but do you want to be?
• The Almanac: Residents asked to join Menlo Park 10 years ago why doesn’t the city want them?
• The Ark: Bartender’s daughter unearths lost recipes of Tiburon Tommie’s
• The Bakersfield Californian: Delayed but not denied: Family of Highland High senior who missed graduation due to medical emergency receives community outpouring
• The Desert Sun: ‘We. Choose. Hope’: ARC patients, staff push forward after fertility clinic bombing
• The Orange County Register: Wildfires redefine ‘OK’ and ‘safe’ for all in Southern California
• The Press Democrat: Alone on the mountain: Sonoma County park ranger’s murder sheds light on tragic toll of domestic violence
• The Press Democrat: They did it all for us’: Reporter Melanie Nguyen reflects on her family’s refugee stories 50 years after the Fall of Saigon
• The Press Democrat: Why a Petaluma teacher enlisted her dad to debunk a conspiracy theory about Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game
• The Tribune: Founder of beloved SLO County bookstore remembered for spirit, love of community
• Ventura County Star: Families divided, rage, tear gas: How the Glass House raid went down
• Ventura County Star: Victims in Reno shooting friends from Thousand Oaks High
• Voice of OC: Anaheim Might Ask Voters to Consider a Disneyland Gate Tax
• Voice of OC: How State Senator Tony Strickland Became Orange County’s Political Lazarus
• Zócalo Public Square: My Map to a Literary Life in Los Angeles