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Affordability consistently tops the list of issues that California voters care about. And according to one environmental group, climate issues also rank up there. In fact, as far as they’re concerned, climate solutions and affordability go hand-in-hand. A recent poll conducted by California Environmental Voters found that roughly 2 in 3 likely voters favor increasing…
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By Lisa Pham, Bloomberg News One llama is sprawled on the grass with its neck craned, basking in a patch of sunshine. Another stands on a dirt hill, ears flattened defiantly. A third rushes to greet visitors with a friendly nuzzle. This isn’t a petting zoo. The furry beasts are in Belgium for work. Scientists…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a nearly 9% increase in total state spending for the upcoming fiscal year – that’s a $350 billion budget, more than $8,800 per Californian. Yet, for unions and progressive politicians, this enormous sum is too austere. They are calling on the state to backfill federal funding cuts while at the…
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Hearts are already beginning to throb with Valentine’s Day a scant two weeks away. That old “Will I have a date on the big day?” ache is vying for time on sleepless nights, according to social media. Yet, there are times when no is the best answer. I was just shy of 13 when my…
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Affordability fears, talk of a “K-shaped” economy, and claims of a new Gilded Age have pushed inequality to the center of today’s policy debates. Calls for a worldwide wealth tax and other unprecedented measures are not treated as radical but as inevitable—across academia, non-profits, the press, and international organizations, including the United Nations. The COVID-19 pandemic seemed to clinch the case.…
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L.A. City Councilman Curren Price is headed to trial on charges of public corruption after a judge ruled there’s enough evidence for a dozen felony counts. “This case is not going to be this kind of public corruption case where there’s strippers and cocaine and bags of cash in Las Vegas,” Deputy District Attorney Casey…
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Engaged couples spend a surprising amount of time making decisions. Some are obvious and consequential — where to live, how to manage money, whether and when to start a family. Others seem smaller, at least at first — how large the wedding should be, how to divide time between families, which traditions to keep and…
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Carlos Alcaraz is the youngest man ever to complete a career Grand Slam after securing the Australian Open title against Novak Djokovic, who had never lost in his 10 previous finals at Melbourne Park. The top-ranked Alcaraz dropped the first set Sunday as Djokovic went out hard in pursuit of a record…
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SANTA BARBARA — The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team couldn’t keep up with a UC Santa Barbara team that is picking up steam. CJ Shaw had 17 points and three steals to lead UCSB to an 83-69 victory over Fullerton on Saturday night at the Thunderdome, as the Gauchos (15-7 overall, 8-3 Big West)…
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On Sunday at 1:16 a.m. the National Weather Service issued a beach hazards statement valid for Monday, Feb. 2 between 4 a.m. and 9 p.m. for Orange County Coast. “Breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet with sets to 7 feet on west-facing beaches will combine with higher than average tides and lead to minor…
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