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New COVID variants are spreading in California. How worried should we be?
Los Angeles Times· 6 days agoGov. Gavin Newsom terminated California’s emergency orders at the end of February 2023. The latest data show that those subvariants are ...
Behind the climate-bond curtain
Politico· 5 days agoExperts said the lower price could be a sign of market uncertainty as the California Air Resources Board moves into a rulemaking on amendments to the cap-and-trade program ...
California now leads the nation in imposing dumb wage laws
Orange County Register· 6 days agoCalifornia now leads the nation in imposing dumb wage laws. The state just raised the hourly minimum...
Trump verdict reveals tricky politics for California Republicans
Politico via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“How’s that chant go that he used to lead at rallies?” quipped Rep. Robert Garcia. California Democrats have diverged in recent months on how to respond to Trump's legal woes ...
How Biden’s China tariffs could hurt California
Politico· 4 days agoGavin Newsom’s October trip to China. We spoke with James Sallee, an economics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, about ...
State audit finds major backlog of wage theft claims in California
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAnd last week, the Department of Industrial Relations announced $8.5 million in grants to 17 local...
Our View: California’s nutty special elections must end
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAt least for now, Kern County voters have been given relief from the serial special elections triggered by Kevin McCarthy’s last-minute resignation from Congress. The confusing, frustrating ...
State audit finds major backlog of wage theft claims in California
Los Angeles Times· 4 days agoThe Labor Commissioner would need “hundreds of additional positions under its existing process to...
It’s crunch time for ballot negotiations
Politico· 16 hours agoGavin Newsom said in response to a reporter’s recent question about the current crop of measures. Facing pressure to rein in the ballooning number of measures ...
Topanga Canyon Boulevard to reopen Sunday, months ahead of schedule
LA Times via AOL· 4 days agoA road closure that cut off Topanga residents from their main route to the coast and forced long detours will reopen Sunday, months ahead of officials' initial estimate.