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A California city is planning on giving money to some residents, no strings attached

by Sam Harnett
Feb 27, 2018
The economically depressed city of Stockton, California is experimenting with Universal Basic Income.
Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
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What happens when a new technology that is better for the environment also eliminates jobs?

by Emily Guerin
Feb 9, 2018
A union in California goes up against the rising tide of automation.
Longshoremen working on the ship COSCO Denmark at a non-automated terminal at the Port of Long Beach in 2010.
Photo courtesy of the Port of Long Beach
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After disasters, Montecito clears debris and considers the future

by Amy Scott and Aaron Schrank
Jan 26, 2018
Marketplace's Aaron Schrank reports.
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Hundreds of trucks haul debris day and night in Montecito

by Aaron Schrank
Jan 26, 2018
Clearing 11 basins filled with dirt and rock will take until the end of February at least, federal officials say.
At Cold Springs Basin in Montecito, private contractors clear boulders with excavators and dump trucks. Under FEMA's orders, the Army Corps of Engineers is on a mission to clear 11 impacted basins by the end of February.
Aaron Schrank/Marketplace
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With California Freeway damaged by mudslides, commuters find alternatives

by Steven Cuevas
Jan 17, 2018
California commuters are relying on whale watching ferries and Amtrack to get to work while the 101 Freeway is under repair.
The Amtrak Pacific Surfliner is operating more (and longer) commuter trains along the Santa Barbara-Ventura coast while the 101 Freeway and other major roadways are closed off due to storm and mudslide damage.  
Steven Cuevas/ for Marketplace
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How to be a winemaker

by Eliza Mills
Jan 12, 2018
According to winemaker Elizabeth Vianna, making wine is more scientific and less romantic than most people think.
Chimney Rock Winery in Napa Valley, CA, where Elizabeth Vianna is the winemaker and general manager. 
Courtesy Chimney Rock Winery
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Feds change marijuana policy, which could affect businesses involved

by Reema Khrais
Jan 4, 2018
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions today rescinded an Obama-era policy that helped legal marijuana thrive in parts of the United States. Sessions, a longtime critic of marijuana legalization, says it causes spikes in violence and crime. He has likened marijuana to heroin. What Sessions repealed today is known as the “Cole memo.” It discouraged federal […]
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With increased wildfires, utilities in California are trying to pass on the cost of damages to customers

by Sam Harnett
Jan 2, 2018
Lawmakers in California have introduced a bill to make it harder for state utilities to have customers cover the cost of fire damage.
Firefighters assess the scene as a house burns in the Napa wine region of California on Oct. 9, 2017.
JOSH EDELSON/ Getty Images
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California to flip the switch in the new year and phase out incandescent light bulbs

by Reema Khrais
Dec 25, 2017
Light bulbs sold in the state will need to be three times more energy efficient than the old incandescent bulb.
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California consumers are buying gold health insurance plans in record numbers

by Dan Gorenstein
Dec 13, 2017
Obamacare’s open enrollment period closes for most states Friday. Thanks to a complicated federal formula, a spike in premiums this year has given consumers who are eligible for subsidies more money to buy insurance. And early signs suggest some people in California and Washington state are going for the gold —the gold, normally expensive, plans. […]
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