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California To Take Emergency Action In Effort To Stabilize Home Insurance Marketplace

Governor Gavin Newsom has asked the state insurance commission to take emergency action to fix the troubled homeowner's insurance market. This comes after State Farm, Allstate and more than half of t…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

California Nursing Homes Struggle With Treating Thousands With Serious Mental Illness

Nursing homes typically help people recover after surgeries or provide round-the-clock care for people with physical disabilities. But a new LAist investigation finds that thousands of people with se…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Sacramento District Attorney Sues City Over 'Failure' To Enforce Homelessness Laws

Sacramento County’s district attorney says he’s taking the city of Sacramento to court, for failing to enforce its own homelessness laws. County DA Tien Ho says Sacramento city officials “allowed, cr…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Pajaro Residents Know Permanent Fix For Levees Is Still A Long Way Away

It’s been six months since the levee protecting the small Central Coast farming community of Pajaro burst, flooding the town and forcing thousands out of their homes. And while repairs are underway, …

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Challenges Of Rebuilding For Pajaro, Six Months After Community Was Flooded

This week marks six months since powerful storms flooded the small farming community of Pajaro in Santa Cruz County, after its aging levee system failed. The community is still facing major challenge…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Kaiser Workers Vote To Authorize A Strike

Nearly 60,000 Kaiser Permanente workers have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike if there’s no agreement in contract negotiations by September 30. The healthcare workers -- most of them in Cal…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Striking California Workers Would Get Unemployment Benefits Under Proposal

On this final day of the legislative session, a lot of eyes in Sacramento are on one particular measure moving through the State Senate. It would allow workers who are on strike for more than two wee…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Restoring Meadows In Sierra Nevada A Key To Healthy Ecosystems

When you think of a meadow, what comes to mind? Probably a peaceful expanse of grass and flowers straight out of a postcard. A perfect place to have a picnic or read a book. But meadows are also key …

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Fast Food Workers Reach Deal For Increased Pay

After months of bitter conflict, fast food companies and labor unions have reached a deal that could raise the minimum wage for 500,000 fast food workers in California.

Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romer…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

LA Photographer Blames Algorithmic Bias For Shutdown Of IG Account

The popular social media app Instagram and its parent company, Meta, use artificial intelligence to moderate content. But there are growing concerns that the “training data” for AI is biased against …

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago