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Government policy is one thing, real life another. What happens if your germ-carrying preschoolers suddenly pose a lethal threat to their elderly grandparents? What becomes of your teenagers’ future if their education is disrupted, long-term? How protected are we if schools cancel class but kids then disperse to malls and bounce houses and movie theaters?

A Thanksgiving storm blows into California, with Michael Bloomberg, a Black Friday rush at your local Amazon warehouse and a look at the future of work.

Could plug-and-play modular housing really revolutionize apartment construction in the state? A deeper look at the checkered past and future promise of pre-fab housing. 

Newsom signs vaccination bill. Becerra skips Google antitrust investigation. Bill on police use of facial-recognition technology is watered down.

Tech amps up lobbying over data privacy. Vaccination bill passes, but future is uncertain. Newsom moves to end California's fur trade.

California new consumer privacy act should be the baseline for any federal law. The rights of California consumers not only must be protected but expanded to other consumers in our country and around the globe. That’s what I will tell the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation when I testify on Wednesday.

The California Public Utilities Commission reports that since 2011, the state has paid or will pay $199.3 million to offset consumers’ cost of installing Tesla’s batteries.

How companies collect and share consumers' personal information is likely to grow into an expensive fight as election season unfolds in California.