By ADAM BEAM | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — A wealthy campaign donor of California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the Panera Bread restaurants he owns will start paying workers at least …
BY CAROLYN JONES | CalMatters An end to billions of dollars in federal Covid relief funds, declining enrollment, staff raises, hiring binges and stagnant state funding should combine over the …
Gavin Newsom is hardly beyond reproach. California faces a massive budget deficit, which may be worse than the governor acknowledges. There’s been voluminous amounts of talk about but no end to the state’s housing and homelessness crises. …
California not only has the nation’s largest number of homeless people, but one of its highest rates of homelessness vis-à-vis its overall population. The last official count found more than …
By Daniela Sirtori-Cortina, Eliyahu Kamisher and Josh Eidelson | Bloomberg Billionaire Greg Flynn, who made his fortune running one of the world’s largest restaurant franchise operations, is getting a new …
By Todd Woody | Bloomberg Remember the US Inflation Reduction Act’s lucrative rebates for heat pumps, induction stoves and other high-efficiency electric appliances? If you don’t, it might be because …
Gov. Gavin Newsom handily defeated an attempt to recall him from office in 2021 but his critics haven’t given up — on Monday they launched a new effort to remove …
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Sunday he plans to run an ad protesting travel bans that are making it tough for women in states restricting abortion to leave their home state …
For nine years, I begged Alameda County agencies to give my intermittently homeless and schizophrenic ward the care she needed to stay alive and well. Last September, some 12 years …
After California became a state in 1850, one of its first acts was to establish the Insane Asylum of California in Stockton, the first of 12 state hospitals meant to care …