Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters, Author at Local News Matters

California Currents

Here’s why your electricity prices are high and soaring

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters March 15, 2021

PG&E customers pay 80% more than national average.

How an ex-tech worker got $43,804 into rental debt

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters February 17, 2021

California Currents

Job loss, rent increase tow a single mother’s finances under

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters December 7, 2020

Fewer internships for Bay Area high school seniors to boost college applications

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters November 23, 2020

California Currents

Women workers may not be faring as well as you’d think

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters November 12, 2020

California Currents

For some working Bay Area parents, only one solution to virtual school: drop their job

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters October 29, 2020

California Currents

For many Californians, the COVID-19 pandemic marks the end of ‘barely making it’

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters October 15, 2020

From homelessness to real estate in Oakland: How tenants won affordable housing fights

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters October 13, 2020April 2, 2024

California Currents

Coronavirus shutdowns are hitting Vietnamese-owned nail salons hard

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters September 8, 2020April 1, 2024

California Currents

‘Pervasive failure to investigate’: Report finds lack of scrutiny in cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters August 4, 2020March 29, 2024