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CA Restaurants Shouldn’t Be Shocked That ‘Junk Fees’ Ban Applies to Them

Last Friday, a friend and I met at a chain restaurant in Sacramento for our customary weekly lunch. Both of us ordered $16 plates of Mexican...

CA Restaurants Shouldn’t Be Shocked That ‘Junk Fees’ Ban Applies to Them

Last Friday, a friend and I met at a chain restaurant in Sacramento for our customary weekly lunch. Both of us ordered $16 plates of Mexican...

Opinion

/ 1 hour ago

CA Limits How Police Respond to Protests. Why Were Bean Bag Shotguns Used at UCLA?

The pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA last week became the latest campus tinderbox to erupt. As the police response unfurled before our eye...

Opinion

/ 23 hours ago

After Losing Population in Recent Years, California Grows Again. Is That a Good Thing?

After Jerry Brown became governor of California for the first time nearly a half-century ago, he declared that the state had entered “an era...

Opinion

/ 2 days ago

Lagging Revenue Drives California Budget Deficit as Deadline Nears

As the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a 2024-25 state budget approaches, the good news for Gov. Gavin Newsom is that all-impor...

Opinion

/ 5 days ago

New Battlegrounds Emerge in California’s Political Guerrilla War Over Housing

At least once a month a new front opens in California’s political guerrilla war between state and local officials over housing. Dan Walter...

Housing

/ 6 days ago

As California Cracks Down on Groundwater, What Happens to Fallowed Farmland?

A couple of weeks ago, the California Water Resources Control Board put five agricultural water agencies in Kings County on probation for fa...

Opinion

/ 1 week ago

More California High School Students Want Career Training. How the State Is Helping

A school without steers? Unthinkable, said Mason Tucker, a 10th-grader at Madera South High School north of Fresno. Carolyn Jones CalMatt...

Education

/ 1 week ago

California Legislation Wants to Uncover the ‘Hidden Homicides’ of Domestic Violence

A state senator says there’s a “hidden homicide” epidemic of killers making domestic violence murders look like suicides or accidents. Her b...

Crime

/ 1 week ago

Key Questions About CA Budget Deficit Unanswered as Deadlines Loom

The must-follow website this month among California’s politicians, bureaucrats, and interest group lobbyists is the “California Personal Inc...

Opinion

/ 2 weeks ago

Newsom Criticizes Local Response to Homelessness. He Should Look in the Mirror.

Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom reiterated one of his favorite complaints — that local government officials aren’t doing enough to reduce Calif...

Opinion

/ 2 weeks ago

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CA Restaurants Shouldn’t Be Shocked That ‘Junk Fees’ Ban Applies to Them

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Did California’s Massive COVID Homeless Shelter Program Work? A New Evaluation Probes the Results

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Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama Is Rookie of the Year After a Record-Setting Season

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Murray Tosses Heat Pack, Coach Screams at Officials as Frustrated Nuggets Lose Again

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Fresno State Students Bring Home Wins From Model UN Competition

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New York Governor Regrets Saying Black Kids in The Bronx Don’t Know What a Computer Is

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CA Restaurants Shouldn’t Be Shocked That ‘Junk Fees’ Ban Applies to Them

Did California’s Massive COVID Homeless Shelter Program Work? A New Evaluation Probes the Results

Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama Is Rookie of the Year After a Record-Setting Season

Murray Tosses Heat Pack, Coach Screams at Officials as Frustrated Nuggets Lose Again

India Votes in Third Phase of National Elections; Modi Escalates His Rhetoric Against Muslims

Fresno State Students Bring Home Wins From Model UN Competition

New York Governor Regrets Saying Black Kids in The Bronx Don’t Know What a Computer Is

Boy Scouts of America Changing Name to More Inclusive Scouting America After Years of Woes

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CA Restaurants Shouldn’t Be Shocked That ‘Junk Fees’ Ban Applies to Them

CA Restaurants Shouldn’t Be Shocked That ‘Junk Fees’ Ban Applies to Them

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CA Limits How Police Respond to Protests. Why Were Bean Bag Shotguns Used at UCLA?

/ 23 hours ago

After Losing Population in Recent Years, California Grows Again. Is That a Good Thing?

/ 2 days ago

Lagging Revenue Drives California Budget Deficit as Deadline Nears

/ 5 days ago

New Battlegrounds Emerge in California’s Political Guerrilla War Over Housing

/ 6 days ago

As California Cracks Down on Groundwater, What Happens to Fallowed Farmland?

/ 1 week ago

More California High School Students Want Career Training. How the State Is Helping

/ 1 week ago

California Legislation Wants to Uncover the ‘Hidden Homicides’ of Domestic Violence

/ 1 week ago

Key Questions About CA Budget Deficit Unanswered as Deadlines Loom

/ 2 weeks ago

Newsom Criticizes Local Response to Homelessness. He Should Look in the Mirror.

/ 2 weeks ago

CA Restaurants Shouldn’t Be Shocked That ‘Junk Fees’ Ban Applies to Them

Did California’s Massive COVID Homeless Shelter Program Work? A New Evaluation Probes the Results

Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama Is Rookie of the Year After a Record-Setting Season

Murray Tosses Heat Pack, Coach Screams at Officials as Frustrated Nuggets Lose Again

India Votes in Third Phase of National Elections; Modi Escalates His Rhetoric Against Muslims

Fresno State Students Bring Home Wins From Model UN Competition

New York Governor Regrets Saying Black Kids in The Bronx Don’t Know What a Computer Is

Boy Scouts of America Changing Name to More Inclusive Scouting America After Years of Woes

Turbocharged Titans: How the Porsche 934 and 935 Dominated the Track for 50 Years

Assemblymember Soria Dodges Questions About Defamation Lawsuit

Police Investigating Possible Vandalism at Jewish Temple, Catholic Church

Unfiltered Clip: Insights from Dr. Trita Parsi on Navigating the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Turbo Lag, Whale Tails, Widowmakers: Celebrating 50 Years of the Legendary Porsche 930

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