Tag: California

Trump Moves to Stop California From Fixing What He’s Breaking

The president on Wednesday announced plans to revoke an Obama-era waiver that allowed California to set its own emissions standards

Why Can’t California Solve Its Housing Crisis?

It’s the epicenter of the tech industry and the wealthiest, most progressive state in the union, but homelessness is surging — and no one can agree on how to fix it

Insurance Companies Are Bailing on California Because of Wildfires

The industry ranked climate change as the top risk in 2019

California Just Passed a Landmark Law Protecting Sex Workers’ Rights

In most states, carrying condoms is used as evidence of intent to do sex work — but a new bill has just changed that

The Hidden Toll of the Golden State Killer

He raped and murdered dozens of people in California from the 1970s to 1980s — but, in his wake, was a community brought together by terror

Why California’s Water-Obsessed Farmers Vote for Trump

In The Dreamt Land, Mark Arax unpacks the Golden State's complicated history with its most precious resource, from the 1700s to now

Manson Family Member Leslie Van Houten Denied Parole by California Governor

Leslie Van Houten has issued a total of 22 appeals, though they have all been overturned

Undoing the Damage of the Drug War

Clearing criminal records for past marijuana offenses has become a central focus of the cannabis movement — but how do those records actually get cleared?

BeachLife Music Festival in Redondo Beach: What You Missed

What the ‘Unconstitutional’ High-Capacity Magazine Ban Could Mean for Future Gun Laws

The NRA is already celebrating a “huge win” in California