High speed rail CEO dodges questions after stripped of contracting authority
The CEO of California’s beleaguered high-speed rail project is facing the fallout of a spending scandal after the High-Speed…
Deal allowing Paramount-Warner Bros. merger may not cure Hollywood’s troubles | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
In sheer economic terms, Southern California’s movie and television production industry is not terribly important, generating scarcely 1%…
Dr. Daniel Sutter: California’s slow-mo rail
California has been planning and building high-speed rail for thirty years. The delays and cost escalation illustrate what…
Steve Hilton pledges to restore ‘California dream’ for Latino voters
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Steve Hilton promised to bring back the “California dream” and accused Democrats of abandoning Latino…
California’s local governments want state taxpayers to pay more
California local governments of every size are crying poor as they struggle with budget shortfalls amid what many…
California has a top-ranked economy. It’s also one of the nation’s most unequal | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
California’s next governor — most likely former Attorney General Xavier Becerra — will inherit a raft of knotty,…
California has a top-ranked economy. It’s also one of the nation’s most unequal | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
California’s next governor — most likely former Attorney General Xavier Becerra — will inherit a raft of knotty,…
Two huge California unions clash over money, political clout this election season | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
In 1863, just 13 years after California became a state, its superintendent of public instruction, John Swett, founded…
California’s candidates for governor target ascending Becerra on national stage | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
As California’s voters receive their primary election ballots and began returning them in to be counted, the seven…
Cal Fire plans for wildfire season as jet fuel prices surge
California is staring down soaring fuel costs and expanding fire danger, yet state leaders are sticking with an…
Another televised debate, another missed chance to clear up California’s unsettled governor’s race | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? That old question pretty much sums up what was billed…
Battles over business regulation resume in California’s Capitol with new legislation | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
A nearly two-hour hearing in the Assembly Judiciary Committee Tuesday encapsulated the Capitol’s longest-running conflict — going at…