Californians don’t trust their state government. That’s nothing really new, but right now there’s as much cause for distrust as ever before in modern times. There is, of course, the scandal that sees three indicted […]

Because of hydraulic fracturing in states like North Dakota and Wyoming, Californians and other Americans have enjoyed lower natural gas prices over the last two winters than any time in the last 15 years. That […]

“Henry Waxman served the people of the 33rd Congressional District for 40 years. He changed the lives of individual people for the better and he changed the future of our country with his legislative work: […]

The grand compromise on immigration passed by the U.S. Senate 10 months ago is now all but history, despite talk from President Obama and other Democrats about “comprehensive reform.” For comprehensive immigration reform, as it’s […]

The next front in California’s long-running water wars has already opened, and the reasons for it will sometimes be hard to see – but not always. That next fight is over ground water, source of […]

Talk to corporate executives and they’ll often say California is a difficult place to do business, in part because consumers can file class action lawsuits willy-nilly, even when their companies haven’t screwed up. But it […]

Ever since San Francisco’s Leland Yee joined his colleagues Ron Calderon of Montebello and Roderick Wright of Los Angeles on the state Senate’s indicted/convicted list and then all three were suspended, other senators have recognized […]