Environment
Can California put cars in the rear-view mirror?
It's as hard for drivers to contemplate life without cars as it is for officials to discuss it.
August 15, 2019
Commentary
To prevent mass shootings, California should rely on science, not rhetoric
Vern Pierson, El Dorado County District Attorney: The media and many politicians appear to see each mass shooter as unique. They are not. Instead, these actors and their narrative should be viewed as pieces of a larger puzzle. Rather than staring at the individual piece trying to understand it, we need to examine its broader context for commonality with other attackers.
WhatMatters
Ethnic studies pause, prison issues, Elizabeth Warren’s California foray, and the West Hollywood dream
Ethnic studies plan hits roadblock. Federal class-action suit against California prisons drags on. Family reaches settlement in prison suicide.
Commentary
Property tax measure altered
Sponsors of a "split roll" ballot measure to increase property taxes on commercial real estate are withdrawing it from the 2020 ballot and will seek to place a revised version before voters next year.