Dan Walters

This week, when Donald Trump once again became president, he essentially sought to undo a recent agreement between federal and state water managers and reinstate his previous policies.

Gavin Newsom must choose between being the governor of California who does whatever is necessary to get the disaster relief his constituents are demanding, and a potential presidential candidate who resists Trump on every point and at any cost.

Housing construction permits were already trending downward. Now the wildfires have taken away at least 10,000 occupied homes.

LA County's wildfires add uncertainty to California's already shaky recovery from the pandemic-era recession and higher than average unemployment.

If disasters are unavoidable in California, we need to accept that fact and adopt Gov. Pete Wilson’s preventive approach, rather than merely reacting after the fact.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass couldn't have prevented wind-propelled flames from igniting homes and businesses around the city. It isn't fair to blame them for it.

A mistaken belief in a $97 billion phantom surplus three years ago complicates today's budget proposal, along with such future unknowns as wildfire costs and possible cuts in federal support.

Companies' and state tax officials' war over how multinational corporations should be taxed just got new ammo: two new lawsuits and a critical report.

Southern California’s disaster again demonstrates that while wildfires were once mostly confined to rural timbered areas during summer and fall months, a warming climate means they can and do strike anywhere and anytime, including residential neighborhoods in the middle of winter.

When the Democrat-dominated California Legislature reconvened this week, its members chanted a new mantra about trying to reduce living costs in a state where those costs — particularly for housing and utilities — are at or near the nation’s highest.