California Transportation Commission data demonstrates that if the “Repeal the Gas Tax” initiative on the November ballot passes, it will mostly kill HOV, bicycle, and light rail projects.
A new study by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) found voter-approved Proposition 47, which reduced penalties for lower-level crimes, increased property crimes by 9 percent.
The Trump administration’s record of enforcing immigration laws and delivering the lowest unemployment rate since 2000 is creating big demand for H-2 visas for seasonal guest workers.
LA Metro began a series of public meetings last week to showcase a Sepulveda Pass train route to launch its “Twenty-eight by ’28” plan to build public transportation projects in time for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Cal Fire made its first official announcement last week that 12 big Northern California wildfires in October 2017 were caused by problems associated with electric utility power lines.
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa spent almost $35 million in the California primary to come in third for governor behind Republican businessman and first-time candidate John Cox, who spent just $6.6 million.
California gubernatorial primary winner Democrat Gavin Newsom’s attempt to tie runner-up John Cox to President Trump may help the Republican to continue his surge.
California voters passed four uncontested bond measures on Tuesday, and then trounced Proposition 70 as punishment for Republican “triangulators” who extended climate change taxes for another decade.
California primary election returns show charter school advocate Marshall Tuck defeating the teachers’ union-endorsed candidate by 38 percent to 34.3 percent Tuesday in the race for California school superintendent.
Orange County Democrats are hoping that Asian-American voters will provide the votes necessary for a “blue wave” to crash across Republican-held districts — and avoid a shutout in key primary races for Congress.
A spokesman for former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that the “Terminator” will not be voting for a Republican in the June 5 primary.
The Los Angeles region’s creative sector is economically booming with employment hitting an all-time-high, according to the just released 2018 Otis Report on the Creative Economy.
California Governor Jerry Brown signed two bills that will force water districts and municipalities to permanently adopt even more aggressive water rationing level than during the state’s 5-year drought.
The deep blue Democrat stronghold of California has been the top beneficiary of what Wall Street analysts are calling the “Trump bump” in the economy.
Californians now oppose self-driving cars on local roads by almost a three-to-one margin, according to a new poll.
A Tesla Model S sedan in self-driving mode veered into a parked police SUV in Laguna Beach, California, on Tuesday.
A Chinese company may take over the current owner of the biggest U.S. container port in Long Beach, despite President Donald Trump’s threat to slap a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion worth of China’s tech exports.
Net Neutrality proponents are continuing to push for their policy even though they were unable to stop the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from dumping it.
Voters in two tech-heavy Silicon Valley cities will have the chance to vote in November on drastically spiking business taxation by charging a new per-employee tax.
USC Poll found that a majority of California registered voters would back a 2020 initiative to eliminate Prop 13 benefits for commercial property owners.
The latest USC Dornsife / Los Angeles Times Poll found that a majority of California registered voters want to repeal the new gas tax increases sponsored by Gov. Jerry Brown.
A new poll claims the biggest factors for California voters — who may hold the nation’s fate in their hands — will be the 47 percent opposition to President Donald Trump’s tax cut and the 54 percent support for keeping Obamacare.
Elon Musk acknowledged Sunday that Tesla, at its current production rate, would “lose money and die” if it sold Model 3 mass-market sedans at the promised price of $35,000.
California’s Indian tribe gambling monopolies are being threatened by legalized sports betting, which could pave the way for race tracks, card rooms, and online competition.
Starbucks rolled out a new policy this weekend that treats every person that walks in the door as a customer and offers unlimited restroom access.
California winemakers that have enjoyed an export boom were relieved that China chose to avoid a trade war by giving President Trump a victory in first-round trade negotiations.
Elon Musk unveiled the latest plan for his Boring Company to create subterranean tunnels under LA to whisk passengers from downtown to LAX Airport terminals in 8 minutes.
The top two Democrat candidates for California governor have been silent about the High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSR), even as its costs continue to rise.
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal law Monday that has barred California and 46 other states from legalizing and taxing the $400 billion a year in “black market” sports betting.
California Gov. Jerry Brown has submitted his May revised 2018-2019 budget, which indicates he will leave office in January with the maximum $13.5 billion rainy-day fund. Brown, a liberal Democrat, has complained that no politician should face the type of
California expected state and local tax bonanza from legalizing recreational marijuana sales is drastically under-performing forecast due to a high tax burden.
The expiration of Net Neutrality rules — which regulated broadband cable as if it were a rotary phone service — is set for June 11.
Neighborhood groups filed a lawsuit to stop the City of Los Angeles’ fast-tracking an environmental exemption ‘The Boring Company’ hyperloop tunnel under the city. The lawsuit is in response to the L.A. City Council’s Public Works Committee unanimously approving an April
Hawaii’s 4,200-foot high Kilauea volcano, which has been continuously erupting since 1983, is at risk of re-entering its explosive phase.
Two groups opposed to California’s Delta Tunnels are alleging that Gov. Jerry Brown violated the Brown Act by improperly lobbying the Metropolitan Water District board members to provide billions of dollars for the project.
Los Angeles public healthcare officials and advocates for disadvantaged communities are blaming systemic racism for spiking rates of sexually transmitted diseases.
The California State Assembly’s Health Committee passed a labor-backed bill on a strict 11-4 partisan vote last week under which the state would create a commission to socialize the price of all healthcare service costs.
The latest quarterly economic survey by California’s Next 10 and Beacon Economics found that Los Angeles is shrinking while the Bay Area is adding residents.
California zipped past the United Kingdom to become the 5th largest economy in the world in 2017.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed the state’s thirty-first lawsuit against the Trump administration, joining 16 other states to stop the rollback of Obama-era rules requiring car manufacturers to double auto mileage.
