By Matt Egan | CNN New York — Pain at the pump is returning across the United States, especially on the West Coast. In California, gas prices are rapidly approaching $6 a gallon. According to AAA, the state average has spiked by 31 cents in the past week alone, to $5.79 gallon. The move has…
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California lawmakers are fond of hyping themselves as the world leaders in energy policy. But that’s not enough for Sacramento. The ruling class wants the courts to make energy policy to fill in the holes the legislators haven’t yet been able to cover. Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Attorney General Rob Bonta filed…
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More than half of the Southern California warehouses required to comply with a 2-year-old clean-air rule haven’t done so, an air-quality regulator said Wednesday, Sept. 20, in announcing a crackdown on those violating the landmark standard. Elected officials on the South Coast Air Quality Management District board voted in May 2021 to enact the Warehouse…
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Hiring by Southern California bosses in real estate-linked industries crawled to a near halt in August, but the slight gain pushed the region’s staffing to its highest level since the housing bubble burst over a decade ago. My trusty spreadsheet found property-related employment in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties was at a…
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) recently shot down suggestions from certain Trump advisors that the GOP further lower the corporate tax rate to 15 percent. This intraparty split on tax policy is not the first of its kind—it echoes conflicts that took place during the Reagan era. As the stage gets set for the next Republican…
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Striking writers and Hollywood studios will return to the bargaining table Wednesday, Sept. 20, in hopes of making progress toward ending the work stoppage that began in early May. According to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which is handling negotiations for studios, Writers Guild of America leaders reached out last week “and…
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Get ready for your favorite burgers and tacos to cost more. A compromise reached between the Democratic majorities in the California Assembly and Senate and the fast-food industry will push the minimum wage at such restaurants to $20 next April. California’s current minimum wage for them and most workers is $15.50 and is scheduled…
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California’s housing market is expected to rebound next year from the disastrous sales drops of 2023, Realtor economists predicted Wednesday, Sept. 20. But even with a 23% jump in sales of existing single-family homes, 2024 still will have the lowest number of transactions since Ronald Reagan was running for reelection in 1984 — and the…
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Anyone who says the California Legislature isn’t at least trying to deal with the state’s housing crisis in a productive way hasn’t been paying much attention. For the past few years, lawmakers have passed a series of market-oriented measures that make it easier for developers to build new housing projects on a “by right”…
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When Lexy Berru, co-owner of Creative Minds Productions, moved just outside of Temecula, she realized there was an opportunity for Halloween fans and local Inland Empire businesses to come together for a plan so sinister that it just might work. “Our mission was to really highlight the local talent, craftsmanship and small businesses that are…
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