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12/23/2024

A new California law will prohibit state-chartered banks from charging fees for withdrawals that are instantaneously declined.

12/23/2024

Striking Amazon and Starbucks workers in California and elsewhere have long pushed for union contracts. The Trump administration is unlikely to be on their side.

12/22/2024

New California law prevents schools from requiring staff to notify parents if a student identifies as LGBTQ. It’s in response to some districts requiring staff to notify parents when students identify as a gender other than what’s in their official …

12/22/2024

Voters said no to expanded rent control, but tenants facing evictions will have more time to fight to keep their homes under a new California law.

12/22/2024

Brent Tuttle has taught welding for 24 years to more than 3,000 students. He says California high schools should offer more classes like his, training students in trades rather than steering them all toward college.

12/22/2024

The California Transportation Foundation hosts events designed to foster interest and inspire younger Californians to enter the industry.

12/20/2024

New operating rules for massive Delta systems will increase water deliveries to Southern California cities and some growers. Salmon numbers could drop, especially in dry years.

12/19/2024

Former nurse Bobbie Sage reviews her case files in the lobby of her aesthetics studio in Pleasanton on Oct. 31, 2024. Photo by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters

12/19/2024

Top California Democrats are pressuring Kaiser to make a deal with the union representing Southern California therapists, while patients say they’re just holding on.

12/19/2024

People who have spent time in jail can learn how to repair and sell bikes if they get into a cohort program for Community Cycles of California, a San Jose-based non-profit that helps people who typically face barriers to employment …

12/19/2024

California’s northernmost seven counties have made a concerted effort to combat poverty and outmigration in their communities.

12/19/2024

A new law prohibits local governments from mandating voter identification, but Huntington Beach is fighting back.

12/19/2024

Among the hundreds of bills introduced in every session of the California Legislature, a few deal with what state officials term “tax expenditures,” which requires some explanation.

12/18/2024

Raul Cedillo milks Holstein cows at Frank Konyn Dairy Inc. in Escondido on April 16, 2020. Photo by Ariana Drehsler, AFP via Getty Images