State’s unemployment insurance debt is $20 billion — and counting. Will lawmakers act?
State analysts have a plan to fix the "structural insolvency" of unemployment benefits but it’s unclear if lawmakers will get ...
Fact check: Why is Trump blaming the LA fires on Newsom’s water policies?
Fires in Los Angeles County ignited because of fierce winds and extremely dry conditions. President-elect Donald Trump blamed ...
Los Angeles County wildfires underscore California’s growing threat of disaster
No one knows how far the LA fires will reach. Movies come to a climactic end, but the outcome of this catastrophe is as dark ...
Inland Empire lawmakers tackle gas prices, taxes, crime
New bills would void the new fuel standards, remove taxes from tips and bolster investigations of missing or killed ...
Opinion
California’s battle over taxing multinational corporations heats up again
Companies' and state tax officials' war over how multinational corporations should be taxed just got new ammo: two new lawsuits and a report.
Too wet and too dry: The crazy north-south gap in California’s rain
Some Northern CA cities have been soaked with almost twice their average rain, while southern cities are bone-dry. This season’s huge — possibly unprecedented — disparity works in favor of water ...
California infernos in January? Here’s why wildfire season keeps getting longer and more devastating
As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic. California has 78 more annual ...
LA County fires, fueled by powerful winds, destroy homes
Tens of thousands of Los Angeles County residents evacuated from at least three blazes whipped up by fierce Santa Ana winds Tuesday: the Palisades Fire along the coast in Pacific Palisades, the Eaton ...
Opinion
Promises to reduce California’s high living costs conflict with state’s progressive policies
When the Democrat-dominated California Legislature reconvened this week, its members chanted a new mantra about trying to reduce living costs.
Five things to watch as California’s Legislature returns to the Capitol in 2025
A supermajority of Democrats and an emboldened Republicans return to the Capitol today, at odds over how to lower the cost of ...
New homelessness data: How does California compare to the rest of the country?
Homelessness grew more nationwide last year than in California, but the state still has more than 187,000 people on the ...
‘People are still mad’: Will California pass reparations bills?
Reparations advocates are campaigning for two proposals that failed in the final hours of last year’s legislative session.