2024

Insurers are seeking rate increases as California leaders try to prevent companies from fleeing over disaster risk, particularly wildfires and floods. As costs surge for utilities and other goods, a Sacramento homeowner asks if the needs of the many outweigh the needs of a few.

A new scorecard gives California low marks when it comes to the wellbeing of its youth, and calls for spending billions of extra dollars to improve their outlook.

Southern California's twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach handle as much as 40% of the nation's maritime trade and support hundreds of thousands of jobs. But they are taken for granted, and could eventually lose their competitive edge.

Read this story in English. Convertir una prisión estatal en un centro de rehabilitación, como la administración Newsom busca hacer con San Quentin, significa cambiar la forma en que los guardias hacen su trabajo.  En lugar de evitar la “familiaridad excesiva” con las personas encarceladas, los guardias penitenciarios deberían preguntarles sobre sus familias o sus […]

California correctional officers train like 'they are going to war' to work in state prisons. Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to transform San Quentin could require a kinder approach.

Read this story in English. Los asesores legislativos de California criticaron hoy la ambiciosa propuesta del estado para regular la conservación del agua urbana, calificando las medidas de costosas y difíciles de lograr, “en muchos casos sin justificaciones convincentes”.  Las reglas propuestas, dadas a conocer en agosto, exigen que más de 400 ciudades y otros […]

Even though California faces serious water shortages, the Legislature’s analysts recommend weaker outdoor conservation requirements and longer deadlines for urban water agencies.

Read this story in English. Cada tres meses, Bernie Medina se toma un día libre en el trabajo y conduce una hora desde Salinas a San José para ver a su oncólogo. Le diagnosticaron cáncer de útero hace dos años y necesita controles periódicos. Medina vive en el condado de Monterey, pero su seguro médico […]

“Progress remains slow,” according to a recent report on faculty diversity at California’s community colleges. For Nikia Chaney, the sole full-time Black faculty member at Cabrillo College, the experience is personal.

A leaked memo detailing how Amazon seeks goodwill as it expands its footprint in Southern California wasn't necessarily shocking. But it shows the retail giant protects its image and advances its agenda – regardless of impact – while believing it's acting in the public's best interests.