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The company on Friday said it has started blocking California-based news outlets to protest a pending bill that supporters say would extend a lifeline to the ailing news industry.
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Realtors hope it will be easier to buy a house in 2024. It can't get much harder: last year was one of the slowest on record thanks to high mortgage rates coupled with a housing shortage.
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Billionaire backers of new California city seek voter approval after stealthily snapping up farmlandThe California Forever company submitted paperwork Wednesday to ask Solano County voters to allow them to build the city on now protected agricultural land.
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"Shoppers will have fewer choices and less competition, and, without a competitive marketplace, they will pay higher prices at the grocery store," Washington state attorney general Bob Ferguson said.
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A Thai restaurant in Fresno is back in operation after facing a barrage of harassment rooted in a racist stereotype.
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The federal tax credit for electric vehicles is easier to get this year, for anybody buying a qualifying car — but fewer models qualify, as the government imposes stricter eligibility requirements.
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California fast-food workers will earn a $20 minimum wage in April. Other employers might have to raise their pay floor to recruit and retain staff.
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Two-thirds of the bills opposed by the oil industry this year were killed, thanks in part to an alliance with the building trades union, forcing Democrats to sometimes choose between jobs and the environment.
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The California Public Utilities Commission voted to allow the plant to operate for an additional five years, despite calls from environmental groups to shut it down.
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A San Joaquin Valley dairy farmer recently earned a prestigious national award that only four other farmers in the state have won in the last 25 years.
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The Federal Railroad Administration said Tuesday it will also give $3 billion for a route planned between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area.