If all sides are declaring victory in the California Supreme Courtās pension ruling on Monday, itās because the decision had a little something for all the combatants in the stateās pension wars. In a much-anticipated decision, the high court upheld a major rollback initiated during Gov. Jerry Brownās administrationāa reform that rescinded a long tradition that had […]
As political pressure mounts with every disaster, California is scrambling to prepare for the coming fire season, from firefighting to utilities to the law.
Gov. Jerry Brown meets the press, government wildfire policies worsen the problem, the backstory on emissions and what won't happen on death sentences.
As California grapples with an increasing possibility that once-in-a-century wildfires are becoming once-a-year occurrences, larger swaths of the stateās population will find themselves living in the crimson high-risk regions of state maps now being revised. Which presents lawmakers with a dilemma: impose costly and politically unpalatable regulations on homeowners and rip up existing infrastructureāor simply accept the risk.
California fire costs burn up the budget, environmentalists criticize Jerry Brown on oil, female surfers got pay equity at Mavericks, plus beer and the quiz.
Of all the constituencies clamoring for help as firenados ravage California, homeowners worried about their fire insurance seem among the least likely this year to get legislative relief.
Rivals for the governor's office Gavin Newsom and John Cox agree that wildfires pose an alarming threat to Californiaābut what would they do to prevent and combat them? Here's what they told us.