Dan Walters

Inflated job creation numbers help keep California's bullet train project alive despite lack of justification.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom boasts of a $75.7 billion state budget surplus, but the Legislature's budget analyst says the true surplus is half that size.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom loves to show off and his latest example is the elaborate rollout of a revised state budget that he touts as historic and transformational.

The school year will end soon and most of California's 6 million public school students are still trying to learn at home.

California lost population last year, but it's not a sudden event. Rather, the state has been heading that way for decades.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's $100 billion "California Comeback Plan" might help him beat a recall effort.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive orders are an experiment in parliamentary government that will be decided by courts and voters.

The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be easing in California, but its effects will linger, including a worsening of the state's housing crisis.

California is seeing two current examples of offloading civic fiascos rather than dealing with them directly.

When Eli Broad died last week, Los Angeles lost a civic leader and California lost a passionate advocate for charter schools.