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By closing the youth fire camp, California will be losing a true opportunity to offer meaningful rehabilitation to youths who are incarcerated in our state.

Pest control advisers put the latest science to work every day on California farms to ensure the best, safest crop protection method is being used.

Re “What’s the end game for state budget?”; Commentary, Dan Walters, June 18, 2020 While I appreciate Dan Walters’ attempt to share some history of California budget squabbles leading up to passage of Proposition 25 of 2010, I am disappointed his reporting skips over facts that do not fit his desired narrative. In leaping nine […]

Re “Is California’s last youth fire camp worth saving?”;  June 8, 2020 From what I read in this article, it’s really a no brainer. The words of those who experienced the fire camps and we’re so much better for it, say it all. I would rather see my tax dollars doing double duty. 1. Turning […]

It would be horrific if our state budget cut back on the critical health and human service programs already in place for seniors and people with disabilities.

I do not want to give up the training I have started at my church because this is a major consideration in "getting back to normal."

Most of the water has already been pulled out of the inflow by leakage and diversions before reaching the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Some people contend the reason to decline campaign contributions deserves to be applied to other public employee unions as well.

Individuals and families who were often socially distanced pre-COVID-19, and who are now also spatially distanced, need a fighter.

The COVID-19 carnage on the job market has exposed decades of poor planning and bizarre regulations by California’s one-party state.