The current session of the California Legislature, like all recent sessions, has featured the state’s perpetual conflict over its acute shortage of housing. Gov. Gavin Newsom and most legislators are striving …
Insurers in California have sounded the alarm: A warming climate has dramatically raised the risk of devastating wildfires, and with it the cost of providing coverage. But now a Peninsula …
Housing insecurity in the United States has surged in the wake of COVID-19, ongoing inflation and cost of living increases. Living in a state facing unprecedented homelessness rates, I witness the struggle for housing …
A duck hunter fires a shotgun in hopes that at least one of its many pellets will strike a fast-moving bird. A deer hunter fires a rifle to send one …
Google has thrown down the gauntlet in its battle with California lawmakers and news publishers over compensation for content. The Mountain View internet-search and digital-advertising giant will stop showing links …
Last fall, four Pepperdine students joined the list of more than 60 victims killed by cars on the Pacific Coast Highway since 2010. Now, state legislators are working to prevent …
An annual political ritual was repeated this month when the California Chamber of Commerce released its 2024 list of “job killers” — nine bills that business executives consider to be …
Victoria Ortiz was enjoying a turkey leg at a Disneyland France cafe with her husband and son two summers ago when her phone pinged. It was a text message from …
One of my dearest friends, Julia Elkin, was struck and killed by a car last month. Julia was exceptional. She was the kind of person you wish the world was full of …
Gov. Gavin Newsom and his fellow Democrats in the Legislature spent their way into a massive state budget deficit by assuming that a one-time surge in revenues would become a …