Economy

Nearly 275,000 Black Californians have left high-cost cities, often for safer, suburban enclaves. Familiar obstacles follow.

Hotel and airport workers are pushing Oakland’s City Council to adopt right to recall legislation.

As coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to spike, California Gov. Gavin Newsom closes indoor activities at restaurants, wineries, movie theaters, museums and card rooms while also ordering breweries and bars to close all operations, indoors and out.

How does the nation's biggest public pension system pay down its debts amid a global economic collapse? One idea: Become a banker.

From Silicon Valley startups to Gavin Newsom’s wine business, a rundown of who got what from the federal coronavirus business loan program.

Despite state programs, low-income and minority applicants struggle to break into legal cannabis market.

In one fell swoop, the coronavirus pandemic took California’s state finances from “Celebrate Good Times” to no cause for much celebration at all. Here’s our two-minute recap of what you need to know: So when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the state’s $202.1 billion budget — putting a lid on weeks of negotiations with California legislators — […]

Nineteen counties on a "watch list" due to coronavirus outbreaks must close indoor dining. One more county was added Thursday and another will join the list Friday.

California's Democratic governor credits his wife and chief of staff for making paid family leave a priority in recent budget negotiations.

Los Angeles County closes its beaches for the July 4 holiday weekend, and four more counties face the prospect they may need to "toggle back" reopening plans to slow the quickening spread of the coronavirus.