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‘Toilet to tap’: California approves using recycled wastewater for drinking to help solve frequent drought
Health
‘Toilet to tap’: California approves using recycled wastewater for drinking to help solve frequent drought
By Adam Beam and BloombergDecember 19, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Politics
Gavin Newsom’s guess on tax collections was off by $26 billion, and now California faces a record $68 billion budget deficit
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressDecember 8, 2023
California faces record $68 billion budget deficit as slump in hiring and homebuying hits tax collections
Politics
California faces record $68 billion budget deficit as slump in hiring and homebuying hits tax collections
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressDecember 7, 2023
California high-speed rail
Environment
With California high-speed rail projects needing at least $75 billion, Biden’s White House kicks in $6 billion
By Adam Beam, Ken Ritter and The Associated PressDecember 6, 2023
PG&E Hazard Awareness Warning Center
Finance
Plans to bury power lines that sparked deadly California wildfires meet resistance over $5.9 billion cost
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressOctober 17, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Health
Gavin Newsom says it’s too expensive for California high schools to give out free condoms
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressOctober 9, 2023
As Hollywood actors’ strike enters 12th week, Gavin Newsom just spiked a bill to give unemployment benefits to striking workers
Politics
As Hollywood actors’ strike enters 12th week, Gavin Newsom just spiked a bill to give unemployment benefits to striking workers
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressOctober 2, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Politics
California to fast food workers: Your minimum wage just got raised by nearly $5 to $20 per hour
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressSeptember 28, 2023
After calamitous wildfires, California scrambles to avert a collapse of its home insurance market by making rules more business friendly
Finance
After calamitous wildfires, California scrambles to avert a collapse of its home insurance market by making rules more business friendly
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressSeptember 22, 2023
San Francisco
Finance
The flood of insurance companies out of California is so bad that the golden state is changing its whole climate change pricing plan
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressSeptember 21, 2023
California orders Arrowhead bottled water to stop drawing from mountain springs it’s used for more than a century
Environment
California orders Arrowhead bottled water to stop drawing from mountain springs it’s used for more than a century
By Adam Beam, Amy Taxin and The Associated PressSeptember 20, 2023
California’s fast food workers get a huge raise to at least $20 hourly: ‘This will give us some breathing space’
Personal Finance
California’s fast food workers get a huge raise to at least $20 hourly: ‘This will give us some breathing space’
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressSeptember 11, 2023
California is first state to pass a ban on caste-based discrimination that can block victims from hiring and housing
Politics
California is first state to pass a ban on caste-based discrimination that can block victims from hiring and housing
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressSeptember 5, 2023
Ticketmaster’s Taylor Swift ticket debacle set off huge fan outrage, but state and federal governments aren’t making expected reforms
Retail
Ticketmaster’s Taylor Swift ticket debacle set off huge fan outrage, but state and federal governments aren’t making expected reforms
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressSeptember 1, 2023
California Democrats want striking workers to be eligible for unemployment. Too bad the fund is already out of money
Finance
California Democrats want striking workers to be eligible for unemployment. Too bad the fund is already out of money
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressAugust 24, 2023
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