California’s on fire, unplugged and out of easy answers. So why don’t we…?
With California wildfires, it seems that every year brings a new record for “more”: More acres, more frequent, more extreme, more deaths, more destruction.
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California’s worsening wildfires, explained
If it seems that wildfires are burning nearly all the time these days, that there’s no longer a definable fire season in California, you’re right. Fourteen of the 20 most...
California just revealed a $54.3 billion deficit — worse than the Great Recession
California faces an unprecedented $54.3 billion deficit. Finance officials announce the unemployment rate could reach 18%, worse than the Great Recession. Schools, health care and safety-net programs face devastating cuts...
How overwhelmed is California’s health care system about to be?
Gov. Gavin Newsom has said that if as many coronavirus patients as feared need hospitalization, surge capacity could be outstripped by up to 10,000 beds.
Quarantine grandma? California families scramble as coronavirus hits
Government policy is one thing, real life another. What happens if your germ-carrying preschoolers suddenly pose a lethal threat to their elderly grandparents? What becomes of your teenagers’ future if...
As coronavirus spreads, fears of taking down California’s economy
As the stock market tumbled and oil prices collapsed on Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s top economic officials sought to project calm from the world’s fifth-largest economy in the wake of...
As coronavirus spreads, fears of taking down California’s economy
Gov. Gavin Newsom's top economic officials sought to reassure Californians in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and a Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war.
What happens if California takes over PG&E?
Editor's Note: This is the second in a two-part series on the consequences of a hypothetical state takeover of PG&E. Part one ran in Saturday's edition of the Record-Bee and...
What happens if California takes over PG&E?
Editor's Note: This is the first in a two-part series on the ramifications of a hypothetical state takeover of PG&E. Part two will print in Tuesday's edition of the Record-Bee...
What Gov. Newsom’s $222 billion budget says about California’s priorities
Stoked with liberal ideas, flush with another surplus, California in the Newsom era is getting the agenda America might have had, had America not elected President Donald Trump. As Gov. Gavin...
