Dan Walters

California's unemployment rate, 7.5%, is the nation's highest, but may vastly understate Californians' true economic distress.

Gov. Gavin Newsom describes California's economy as surging and "dominant" but a new poll indicates that most Californians don't agree.

California may get $45.5 billion from the new federal infrastructure program, but it's small potatoes in a relative sense.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is a high-profile example of those who refuse to get vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus and undermine efforts to end the pandemic.

If, as Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaims, California will be hydrocarbon free, he needs to explain how it will happen and what the effects on Californians' lives will be.

Next year, California voters could see as many as four competing ballot measures to legalize gambling on sports events with countless billions of dollars at stake.

When San Francisco officials rejected a 495-unit apartment project, they set up a test of laws aimed at preventing arbitrary blockage of housing developments.

Pentagon spending once was a huge factor in California's economy and its decline tells us that we should not take prosperity for granted.

Environmentalists and their allies have scored two wins over agricultural interests in the decades-long conflict over how much water can be diverted from Northern California rivers and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

California has two agencies that act as watchdogs on state government, the Legislative Analyst's Office and the State Auditor. The current auditor, Elaine Howle, is retiring and appointing her successor will reveal whether her office's invaluable independence will be maintained.