Monterey County Statewide Articles

Google may be forced to sell off its $200 billion online advertising service if a new lawsuit by the federal Department of Justice claiming that Google acts as a monopoly succeeds.

EN RESUMEN El primer ‘Reparation Task Force’ (Grupo de Trabajo para Compensaciones) de California acordó que los residentes deberían calificar para una compensación. Pero, ¿deberían ser elegibles ciertos antiguos residentes “vulnerables”, como los niños de crianza temporal o los exprisioneros? …

EN RESUMEN Las tarjetas EBT que usa el estado para brindar asistencia financiera a los residentes de bajos ingresos carecen de las características de seguridad comunes a las tarjetas de crédito y débito. Los funcionarios de California planean actualizarlas. Mientras …

The EBT cards the state uses to deliver financial assistance to low-income residents lack security features common to credit and debit cards. California officials plan to upgrade. Meanwhile, they're paying millions to replace stolen money and food stamps.

California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations agreed residents should qualify for compensation. But should certain “vulnerable” former residents, such as foster kids or ex-prisoners, be eligible?

California and six other drought-parched states have until Tuesday to hammer out a deal to cut their voracious thirst for Colorado River water by up to 30%. Don’t hold your breath. As the New York Times reported over the weekend, …

At least a half-dozen high-impact measures are likely to appear on the 2024 California ballot, generating multi-million-dollar campaigns for and against.

Don’t just be a spectator in the fight against climate change. Here are some small steps you can take to reduce your carbon footprint.

Although 2022 was a strong year for California's economy, with impressive job growth, the state's economic future has become cloudy.

California is a leading producer of agricultural crops. So it’s not surprising to find cutting-edge ideas taking root here.

The University of California said it would claw back wages paid to workers who went on strike in late 2022. The move affects 48,000 workers.

EN RESUMEN Siete años después de que la Ley de Conductores Seguros y Responsables (Safe and Responsible Drivers Act) otorgara a los residentes indocumentados una licencia para conducir, el estado está listo para expandir su impacto, pero la ley todavía …

Seven years after the Safe and Responsible Drivers Act gave undocumented residents a license to drive, the state is ready to expand its impact, but the law still has detractors.

A new court system to address the needs of people with severe mental illness who are often homeless will launch in some counties in 2023.

Has California reached an upper limit on what it can do to regulate guns? Following a pattern as old as gun control itself, state lawmakers are responding to the back-to-back mass shootings that killed 18 people this week with more …

EN RESUMEN Los productores y las ciudades del sur de California que obtengan agua del acueducto estatal recibirán el 30% de las asignaciones solicitadas. Esa es la mayor cantidad en enero desde 2017, después de que las fuertes lluvias alimentaran …

State officials announced today that water deliveries from the state’s aqueduct will be increased to 30%, the highest amount for January that growers and Southern California cities have received in six years. Less than two months ago, amid forecasts of …

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EN RESUMEN El Departamento de Justicia le dijo a CalMatters que no puede decir cuántos casos decidió no investigar durante los últimos 18 meses bajo una nueva ley estatal, cuyo objetivo es garantizar la supervisión estatal de los tiroteos policiales. …

The department told CalMatters it can’t say how many cases it chose not to investigate during the past 18 months under a new state law, which aimed to ensure state oversight of police shootings.