Each California Region Tells a Different Job Story
March was something of a hold-steady month for California’s labor market. The unemployment rate was unchanged, at 5.3%; employers added 28,300 jobs. On an annual basis, employment was up 1.2%—the same rate as a year ago. Concerns loom, however, as to why California’s jobs picture is not as strong as that of other states or […]
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Valley City Council proclaims and promotes – Valley Times-News | #citycouncil
Valley City Council proclaims and promotes Published 10:00 am Thursday, April 25, 2024 VALLEY — Members of the Valley City Council were informed about a successful Clean Up Day at their Monday meeting. It took place this Saturday. While volunteers were picking up litter along some city streets, the employees of the Public Works Department […]
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Are California Police Missing Domestic Violence Murders? New Bill Would Let Families Review Cases | Lost Coast Outpost
Coroners determined Joanna Lewis died by suicide in 2011. Her family members believe she was killed, and are advocating for a domestic violence bill in the California Legislature. This is her headstone at Vacaville-Elmira Cemetery on April 24, 2024. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters. Joanna Lewis’s family never believed she took her own life. […]
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California Water Service Group’s First Quarter 2024 Financial Results Benefit from California 2021 General Rate Case Decision
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — California Water Service Group (“Group” or “Company,” NYSE: CWT), a leading publicly traded water utility serving California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Washington, and Texas, today reported results for the first quarter of 2024. Highlights included: Diluted earnings per share of $1.21 in Q1 2024, compared to a […]
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Allstate indicates resuming new California policies amid insurance crisis – NBC Bay Area
Amid the ongoing insurance crisis in California, Allstate says it could soon resume writing new policies, though the move would come with some conditions. Allstate Insurance stopped writing new homeowners policies in California two years ago but says it may start offering them again if the state Department of Insurance will allow them to use […]
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California Is Investing $500M in Therapy Apps for Youth. Advocates Fear It Won’t Pay Off.
By Molly Castle Work With little pomp, California launched two apps at the start of the year offering free behavioral health services to youths to help them cope with everything from living with anxiety to body acceptance. Through their phones, young people and some caregivers can meet BrightLife Kids and Soluna coaches, some who specialize […]
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Are you earning enough to be considered ‘middle class’ in California? How to know
It can be difficult to know if you classify as middle class, especially when it feels like your paycheck doesn’t go as far as it once did (one government analysis suggests you need at least $10,000 more just to live as you did three years ago). A new report from personal finance site SmartAsset reviewed […]
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Police tangle with students in Texas and California – NBC Chicago
Police began peacefully arresting student protesters at the University of Southern California Wednesday evening, hours after police at a Texas university violently took dozens of demonstrators into custody in the latest clashes between law enforcement and those protesting the Israel-Hamas war on campuses nationwide. While tensions rose between police and student protesters at the University of Southern […]
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Business groups clash over bill banning NDAs in California lawmaking process
California Capitol Correspondent Business groups clash over bill banning NDAs in California lawmaking process Updated: 6:07 PM PDT Apr 24, 2024 NEWS AT FOUR. LATER THIS WEEK, CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS WILL DEBATE A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE USE OF NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS. NDAS DURING LEGISLATIVE NEGOTIATIONS. SO THIS PROPOSAL IS THE DIRECT RESULT OF OUR REPORTING […]
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Live Updates: Campus Clashes Spread to California and Texas as House Speaker Condemns Unrest
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday said President Biden should take action, including potentially sending in the National Guard, to quell pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and on other campuses across the country that he said had grown violent and antisemitic. “There is executive authority that would be appropriate,” Mr. Johnson said during a news conference […]
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