Dan Walters

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

/ 8 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...

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/ 3 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...

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/ 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...

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California Charter School Battles Intensify as Education Finances Get Squeezed

California’s public schools, with nearly 6 million students, are feeling the financial impacts of a quintuple whammy. Dan Walters CalMatte...

Opinion

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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...

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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...

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Californians Worry About Crime, Setting up a Ballot Measure Showdown

Californians once supported criminal justice reforms to lighten penalties for crime but attitudes have changed. A November ballot measure co...

Crime

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Will State AG Rob Bonta Jump Into 2026 Race for CA Governor?

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has been busy lately, or so it would seem from the never-ending stream of news releases from the Depar...

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

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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

/ 8 hours ago

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

/ 3 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

California Charter School Battles Intensify as Education Finances Get Squeezed

/ 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

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/ 2 weeks ago

Will State AG Rob Bonta Jump Into 2026 Race for CA Governor?

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LA Police Make Arrest in Murder of Fresno Human Trafficking Fighter’s Daughter

Fresno Man Charged With Murder in Woman’s Fentanyl Death

Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s Feud: A Timeline

Stock Market Today: Wall Street Drifts to a Mixed Finish in a Quiet Day of Trading

US Service Member Shot and Killed by Florida Police Identified by the Air Force

Fresno Area Elementary School Teams With Quiq Labs for STEAM Exploration

Four-Time Grammy Winner Debuts Song Inspired by College Protests

Planned Fresno Probation Gun Buyback Program Runs Afoul of State Law and SEIU

Fresno Area Elementary School Teams With Quiq Labs for STEAM Exploration

Watch: Israel’s Oversized Influence in American Elections

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

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