Laurel Rosenthal

AshBritt CEO Brittany Perkins, left, discussing clean-up operations with employees from AshBritt and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (PRNewsfoto/AshBritt Inc.)

As complaints mount about fire clean-up, contractor gives big money to Dems

October 11, 2018 at 6:41 a.m.

A Florida-based company accused of botching the clean-up after last year’s devastating fires in Santa Rosa has jumped into California politics, writing big checks to Gavin Newsom’s gubernatorial campaign and...

Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during a press conference in Concord, Calif., in 2017. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group)

Jerry Brown paddles left, paddles right on #MeToo laws

October 5, 2018 at 10:10 a.m.

Patricia Brooks said it was sexual harassment when she was taking a call as a 911 dispatcher in San Mateo and a colleague reached his hand inside her bra and...

Branding bud

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

SACRAMENTO >> The sandwich baggie brimming with buds is gradually becoming a thing of the past in California. In its place, an era of name-brand marijuana is emerging.Celebrities—including actress Whoopi...

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