
Terry Castleman
Terry Castleman is a data reporter on the Fast Break Desk covering breaking news. In 2020, he was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in explanatory reporting alongside colleagues Rosanna Xia and Swetha Kannan for “a deeply researched examination of the difficult choices Californians must make as climate change erodes precious coastline.” Previously, he worked at the New York Times, served as digital director of a congressional campaign in Little Rock and volunteered as a first responder for refugees arriving on the shores of Lesvos. He’s a San Francisco native and a 2016 graduate of Tufts University with degrees in engineering and economics. He is a prescriptive grammarian and it’s insufferable.
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Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show that last month was the fifth-coldest March in California since 1895, the first year in the agency's database. The average temperature across the state was...

California population winners and losers: The fastest growing and shrinking counties
Several large urban counties have rebounded from population losses that hit hardest at the start of the pandemic. In rural counties such as Lassen and Yolo, population numbers have fluctuated...

California’s population has dropped by more than half a million in about two years. Why?
The California exodus has shown no sign of slowing down as the state's population dropped by more than 500,000 people between April 2020 and July 2022, with the number of...

Newsom urges federal probe into soaring prices for natural gas in California, other Western states
Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote a letter Monday to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission urging it to investigate wholesale prices of natural gas in California and other Western states.