Online community college experiences growing pains. Uber and Lyft allowed to conceal drivers' safety records. Traffic fatalities involving cyclists rise.
State legislators go back to work this week with a focus on homelessness, wildfire, how to spend yet another fat budget surplus, and a Capitol baby boom.
As California lawmakers return for a new year, Anthony Rendon (the Assembly leader, not the ball player) talks wildfires, housing, ballot measures, the gig economy, affirmative action, Gov. Gavin Newsom and supermajorities. And babies. And home runs.
Newsom wants Warren Buffett to come to PG&E's rescue. Trump challenges state's sanctuary law. Greenhouse gas emitters face higher costs from Trump suit.
Economists project massive labor upheaval but California is trying to roll with those disruptions while making sure jobs here continue to pay a living wage, offer worker protections and accommodate working families.