The wealth tax on California's Nov. 3 ballot is so badly flawed that it's enough to make you wonder about the true intention of its sponsor.

The billionaires fighting Proposition 40, the wealth tax, funded these two citizen initiatives in an apparent attempt to hedge their bets.

As the brutal layoffs last week show, Chatham Asset Management bought the McClatchy name but had no use for the newspaper chain's soul.

What to make of his remarks to CNN's Jake Tapper about sitting out in 2028 if Kamala Harris runs again?

The former Obama chief of staff and Chicago mayor talks AI, jobs, vocational education and the "law of physics" in the 2026 midterm.

I went from wrapping up endorsement interviews for The Sacramento Bee to being laid off in another round of cuts at hedge fund-owned newspapers.

The state's housing market doesn't work for anyone but the rich. Two measures on the Nov. 3 ballot would help low-income and middle-class Californians.

A rush of construction projects will soon get underway in Southern California ahead of the 2028 Olympics, juicing the local economy.

The billionaire-owned newspaper publishes its first editorial since March 2025 — despite not having any editorial writers — to oppose the billionaire tax. What gives?

Hey, who doesn’t want more money for patient care? But the provisions of this ballot measure might force clinics to close.

She had doubts about the use of AI in filmmaking, but talking to experts and doing some research softened her views.

A flurry of bills this year threatened to stall the climate-friendly e-bike revolution. Thankfully, lawmakers are taking a saner path.

After a flurry of panic bills, the Legislature is contemplating a saner path. First stop is SB 1167, which makes clear that electric motorcycles are not e-bikes.

Current rules allow unpopular elected officials to be replaced by someone with even less public support. Proposition 5 is the remedy.

The crown jewel of California's national parks is buckling under overtourism. Luckily, natural beauty abounds in the Golden State, even at places that lack huge summer crowds.

Those loud, buzzing notifications to our phones are the way we get emergency information nowadays. These regular annoyances may be training us to ignore them.

People are using the matches to get back to old-fashioned, human-to-human camaraderie. We need that to persist after the final match.