Central Coast schools could lose $74M as California educators push Prop 98 funding
Educators in California rallied outside the district offices of Sen. John Laird and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, urging…
Pacifica Pier’s problem is poor planning, not climate change
To the editor: The Los Angeles Times recently portrayed the erosion of Pacifica’s city pier as a climate…
Offer made to scale back billionaire tax proposal
A labor union behind a controversial tax on California billionaires significantly scaled back its proposal a day after…
The L.A. Zoo’s dilapidation crisis was seven decades in the making
In the 1950s, Los Angeles’ population was exploding. The decade brought a development boom as well as good…
‘No taxation without representation’? Someone tell City Council
To the editor: Does it surprise anyone that the Los Angeles City Council is reluctant to dilute its…
A vital California highway is sliding into the sea. A $2.5-billion tunnel would go around it
There’s an eroding three-mile stretch of Highway 101 in California’s remote northwest corner that hugs fog-shrouded cliffs between…
The largest wind project in U.S. history, SunZia, has begun powering California.
One of the largest clean energy projects in U.S. history is now online, delivering electricity from a massive…
California billionaire tax proposal has enough support to get on the November ballot, official says
A proposal to temporarily increase taxes on billionaires in California to counter federal cuts to healthcare for low-income…
California Wealth Tax Sparks Debate Among Billionaires, Voters
Americans really want wealth taxes. So far, they’re not really succeeding. The latest tax-the-rich proposal to make waves…
Controversial billionaire tax proposal declared eligible for the November ballot
A controversial proposal to tax California billionaires to fund healthcare has tenatively qualified for the November ballot, setting…
Hockney created an L.A. to lust over. Not all of us could fit into it
I found my first David Hockney print leaning against a beat-up Volkswagen Rabbit at the edge of an…
Newsom Vowed to Stop California Billionaire Tax, Ballot Deadline Looms
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s fight to stop a proposed tax on billionaires in California is coming down to the…