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

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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

/ 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...

Opinion

/ 6 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

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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

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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...

Opinion

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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...

Opinion

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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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Do You Love the Holiday Classic ‘Home Alone’? This Is Fresno’s Chance to Remake It.

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Chris Tomlin, Boots in the Park, and Sandra Bernhard Headline Mother’s Day Weekend Options

RFK Jr. Says a Worm Ate Part of His Brain, but He’s Better Now

Do You Love the Holiday Classic ‘Home Alone’? This Is Fresno’s Chance to Remake It.

Sparks Move Home Game Against Caitlin Clark From Long Beach to Downtown LA

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California Ban on Gas Appliances Started On Jan. 1 With ‘All Electric’ Rule

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Will Californians Get Any Relief From Nation’s Highest Gas Prices?

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

/ 1 day 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

/ 6 days ago

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

/ 1 week 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

Californians Worry About Crime, Setting up a Ballot Measure Showdown

/ 2 weeks ago

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

/ 3 weeks ago

Merced County Leaders Vote to Close Two Fire Stations: ‘We’re Moving into Hard Times’

PUC’s Vote on Fixed Charge for Your Electric Bill Is Thursday. Will The Charge Keep Going Up?

Chris Tomlin, Boots in the Park, and Sandra Bernhard Headline Mother’s Day Weekend Options

RFK Jr. Says a Worm Ate Part of His Brain, but He’s Better Now

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Challenges Donald Trump to Debate at Libertarian Convention

Do You Love the Holiday Classic ‘Home Alone’? This Is Fresno’s Chance to Remake It.

Sparks Move Home Game Against Caitlin Clark From Long Beach to Downtown LA

California Schools Can’t Keep Pace with Utility Bills. Lawmakers Must Fix New Solar Rules.

Proud to Be an American: The Oft-Forgotten Red, White & Blue 1972 Fords

Wired Wednesday: Mental Health Access And Medicaid’s Exclusions

Fresno Area Elementary School Teams With Quiq Labs for STEAM Exploration

Watch: Israel’s Oversized Influence in American Elections

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