Los Angeles, Bay Area voters will decide whether to hike already high sales taxes | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
This year California voters will choose a new governor, fill other statewide offices, elect 100 state legislators and…
California warns federal government: Proposed Colorado River plans may violate century-old water compact | News
SACRAMENTO — California water officials issued a formal warning to the federal government Monday, asserting that current draft…
LA Mayor Karen Bass deflects blame, adds insult to injury for wildfire victims | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
The wildfires that swept through Los Angeles 13 months ago destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, with almost…
California can’t shed a history of persistent government corruption | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
Susan Shelley, a columnist at the Orange County Register, recently reminded her readers — and the whole state…
LOIS HENRY: Longtime Kern County farm family fears change in groundwater status will lead to greater pollution | Columnists
The groundwater in parts of western Kern County is salty and, generally, considered a bit crummy, longtime farmer…
San Diego-based Water Farm 1 aims to move freshwater production under the sea
Rain clouds off the coast dump water over the ocean. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego)…
Who’s seeking fire aid for Los Angeles, candidate Newsom or Gov. Newsom? | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, an all-but-certain candidate for president in 2028, jumped at the chance to address a…
California sees revenue uptick, but not enough to erase its chronic budget deficit | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
In the four months since the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted a new state budget, revenues –…
California’s 2025 Colorado River Water use projected to hit lowest level since 1949, officials say | News
GLENDALE, Calif. – The Colorado River Board of California (CRB) announced Thursday that California’s 2025 use of Colorado…
California’s chronic deficit looms again as Newsom prepares his last state budget | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
It seems like just yesterday that Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators enacted a state budget that papered…