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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 …
2 years, 11 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 in…
2 years, 11 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 T…
2 years, 11 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 ou…
2 years, 11 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 fai…
2 years, 11 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…
2 years, 11 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 all…
2 years, 11 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 …
2 years, 11 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 wor…
2 years, 11 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 …
2 years, 11 months ago