This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A coalition of lawmakers is planning a series of bills this Legislative session to fundamentally revamp how California handles dangerous drivers, Assemblymember Nick Schultz of Burbank said this week. Schultz, a Democrat who chairs the Assembly’s Public Safety...
Invasive Critters ‘Musseling’ Into Valley Waterways as Managers Struggle to Stop Spread
The dreaded, destructive golden mussel has become an urgent topic among San Joaquin Valley water agencies prompting near daily meetings on how to combat the tiny mollusk that is clogging pipes and equipment from Stockton to Arvin. “We’re going to be dealing with this for the foreseeable future if not...
Newsom’s Budget Shows Big Revenue Gain, but We’ve Been Down That Path Before
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. When Gov. Gavin Newsom declared Friday that the state will likely receive an extra $42.3 billion in tax revenue over the next three years, thus alleviating a stubborn budget deficit, the inimitable Yogi Berra’s famous observation came to...
Agents in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Have Fired at Vehicles at Least 10 Times
Maryland. Chicago. Phoenix. Los Angeles. Minneapolis. And now Portland, Oregon. A day after a federal immigration agent shot and killed a woman in her vehicle in Minneapolis, federal agents in Portland on Thursday afternoon shot a man and a woman in their car during a “vehicle stop.” The Department of...
Google Guys Say Bye to California
For nearly three decades, Google has been steeped in the lore of Silicon Valley. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two Stanford University graduate students, created the search engine in 1998 and built the startup out of a friend’s garage in Menlo Park, California. Over time, Google became a nearly $4...
After Machado Offers Her Nobel, Trump Says It Would Be ‘Honor’ to Accept It
President Donald Trump indicated Thursday evening that he will meet with María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, next week in Washington, after refusing to support her to lead the country following the U.S. seizure of Nicolás Maduro. Machado has tried to ingratiate herself to Trump and earlier this week offered...
Trump Pushes ‘Drill Baby Drill’ Agenda to Venezuela, Hurts Producers At Home
HOUSTON — U.S. oil producers already reeling from low oil prices are facing renewed pressures, as President Donald Trump pushes them to boost output in Venezuela — a move that would weaken the oil market, cut revenues and hurt industry at home. Trump has enacted policies that he says would...
In Venezuela, Trump Revives ‘Gunboat Diplomacy.’ What Is It?
The U.S. operation to capture President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela was swift: In a matter of hours, helicopters carrying commandos, supported by fighter jets and a cyberattack, swept into Caracas and departed with Maduro and his wife. But in President Donald Trump’s broader pressure campaign against Venezuela’s government, he has...
Which States Do People Move To? U-Haul Ranks California Dead Last. Again.
If you rented a one-way trip on a moving van, U-Haul knows. And the moving giant says of all those one-way trips in and out of U.S. states, California netted the largest loss for the sixth time in a row. Among the one-way trips into or out of California, 50.6%...
US Judge Sets Jury Selection in Luigi Mangione CEO Killing Trial for September
A federal judge on Friday said jury selection will begin in early September for the murder trial of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down a health insurance executive outside a hotel in Manhattan. Mangione, 27, is accused of fatally shooting Brian Thompson, who was CEO of UnitedHealth Group's...