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PoliticsCalifornia Democrats agree to delay minimum wage hike for health care workers, who will eventually get $25 per hour
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressJune 22, 2024
PoliticsCalifornia may join the EU in requiring all new cars to beep at drivers when they break the speed limit
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressMay 22, 2024
PoliticsCalifornia’s massive $27.6 billion deficit pushes Gavin Newsom to suggest cutting 10,000 vacant jobs
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressMay 10, 2024
PoliticsFrustrated by high drug prices, California will offer its own version of heavily discounted Narcan to stop fentanyl overdoses
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressApril 29, 2024
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressApril 29, 2024
SuccessCalifornia’s new $20-an-hour fast food minimum wage is so good that schools are worried they can’t compete for cafeteria workers
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressApril 4, 2024
SuccessBay Area Auntie Anne’s mogul estimates California’s new $20 minimum wage will cost him $470,000 per year
By Terry Chea, Adam Beam and The Associated PressMarch 31, 2024
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressMarch 21, 2024
PoliticsCalifornia now covers more Medicaid patients than ever—but doctors struggle to treat them because the state pay rates haven’t kept up
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressMarch 21, 2024
PoliticsPanera story is ‘absurd,’ Newsom’s office claims, insisting it’s not exempt from the minimum wage law after all
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressMarch 1, 2024
EnvironmentCalifornia salmon boosters say Gavin Newsom’s ‘smoke and mirrors’ can’t hide the fact there’s just not enough water
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressJanuary 31, 2024
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressJanuary 17, 2024
PoliticsCalifornia may become the first state to ban tackle football for kids under 12—but not until 2026
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressJanuary 10, 2024
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