California

How much is your data worth, and should tech companies compensate you for it?

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced California does not have the $100 billion to fully build out the project.

Want to save money on your car insurance? Forget about lizards, ducks or talking boxes, according to a new study from the Consumer Federation of America, and push for better regulation. The consumer advocacy group says that’s the way rates have been brought under control in California, where premiums have grown less than a quarter as […]

Californians' rejection of a rent control measure in November 2018 has prompted some politicians in Sacramento to talk about getting an anti-rent gouging cap on the books.

A new law aims to help the state's overcrowded animal shelters.

Recent devastating wildfires burned down more than 300 homes in Malibu, California — one of the wealthiest cities in California. Many homeowners there employed gardeners and housekeepers who lost their jobs. Oscar Mondragόn, the director of the Malibu Community Labor Exchange, where day workers find work, says it’s too early to tell how many workers were […]

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Some urge FEMA to issue a catastrophe bond to help pay for wildfire recovery.

California has become the first state in the nation to require solar panels on most new homes starting in 2020.