Lloyd and his wife later bought another home in Hidden Valley Lake, a town that has taken ambitious steps to reduce flammable vegetation, but their insurance premium is still more than $4,500 a year, more than triple what it was on their last home in Kansas. Lloyd is worried that his insurance company will hike […]
On Tuesday, Santa Ana winds swept seaward through Southern California, scattering embers and then fanning flames of a growing wildfire. By nighttime, residents received urgent text alerts warning of potential 100 mph gusts—a terrifying escalation that transformed a precarious situation into a full-blown crisis. As the winds howled, more embers took flight, sparking new fires […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom touted higher than expected tax revenues and a “modest surplus” in an unconventional preview of his $322.2 billion spending proposal for the upcoming fiscal year, but his office said he still plans to pull money from the state’s rainy day reserves to pay for policy priorities. The Democratic governor delivered a selective […]
The United States has always been a nation of immigrants. And nowhere is that more true today than in California, where first-generation immigrants make up more than one-quarter of the population, more than in any other state. More than half of California, and 62% of L.A. County, is either foreign-born or has at least one […]
This country has always had a hypocritical relationship with the undocumented workers who keep America’s agricultural, construction and hospitality industries humming. On one hand, we simply cannot function without them. On the other, xenophobic politicians whip up fear and mistrust of workers on the lowest economic rungs when it serves their purposes. And voters, who […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A coalition of environmental groups challenged California’s leading climate regulator on Wednesday, alleging that a recent update to a leading climate program will create additional pollution in the state’s San Joaquin Valley. Their lawsuit filed in Fresno county superior court calls on the California Air Resources Board to “adequately disclose, analyze […]
Over the phone, Lena Gonzalez’s voice had the patient but proud tone of a lawyer charged with defending the damned. Her metaphorical client: The California Latino Legislative Caucus, which the Long Beach-area state senator heads. At 38 members strong, it’s one of the largest groups of its kind in the United States and has long […]
Approximately 48 hours after Election Day 2024, California governor Gavin Newsom called on lawmakers to convene a special legislative session focused on “Trump-proofing” the state against the incoming president, and on Monday, that session officially got underway. With 49 days to go until Donald Trump is inaugurated for a second time, Newsom and his fellow […]
The Republican National Committee (RNC) said it has filed national lawsuits to stop several states from counting mail-in-ballots after Election Day, as California has taken nearly a month to certify some races. “It is absurd for California to accept ballots by mail up to 7 days after Election Day and take almost a month to […]
LAKEPORT, Calif. — Maria Valadez would like everyone to chill out. Every election, the prickly Lake County registrar follows California’s litany of voting laws and certifies thousands of ballots by the time she is required to. And every year, people still complain. “The state gave us a deadline, we meet the deadline,” an exasperated Valadez said […]
