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The writer and Internet dynamo shares his experience and reveals what happens in the board room.

A higher minimum wage for health care workers that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law is set to take effect in two weeks, but he is racing to delay it because of its potential impact on the state budget deficit.

Jan Sramek disavows techno-libertarian 'Network State,' explains why master-planned cities are All-American, and talks of his love for walkable communities.

They were odd jobs, but somebody had to do them. On International Workers’ Day, one peripatetic laborer shares his career lowlights.

Despite predictions that the party on the West Coast is winding down, California’s population increased last year for the first time since 2020.

A Tesla lobbyist, an LA-based environmental group, and Gov. Jerry Brown brought a rule minted in Sacramento to Beijing, and helped launch China’s EV industry.

We announce a new initiative and invite our members to contribute.

The consumer price index shows services are mostly responsible for persistent inflation, but prices for food and other goods in California remain high.