Economy

CalPERS' investment returns are important markers because they determine whether government agencies — and taxpayers — have to kick in extra money to cover losses at the pension fund. It eclipsed its target in 2025-26.

Sen. Roger Niello's proposal to give businesses more time to fix ADA violations before facing lawsuits won overwhelming Senate support. But it died without an Assembly hearing after judiciary chair Ash Kalra rejected the bill in favor of a competing approach.

Call center nurses at the health giant said workplace surveillance tools and AI prioritize speed and cost savings over quality and safety.

AB 311 would change California insurance law by allowing drivers to opt in to being tracked through telematics, which transmits data to insurance companies.

California’s gasoline watchdog found Chevron stations charged the highest average price of any major brand tracked in late May.

California’s fishing fleet is graying and shrinking. An apprenticeship aimed at reviving it showed the obstacles to sustaining locally caught fish.

A new state tool lets you tell data brokers to stop tracking you. Will they comply? Help us investigate.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers reached a final budget deal last week that largely relies on AI revenue projections and new taxes to delay social service cuts and shrink future deficits.

A conversation with G. Cristina Mora and Tianna S. Paschel, authors of “Normalizing Inequality: How Californians Make Sense of the Growing Divide”

New California law limits medical cost recoveries from ride-hailing crashes, imposes new driver background check rules