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Newsom, Democrats use cuts, reserves and ‘fiscal emergency’ declaration to solve California budget deficit
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers struck a deal Saturday to make $16 billion in cuts, declare a statewide fiscal emergency and pull money from the state’s rainy-day reserves to balance a $46.8-billion budget deficit in California.
California Joins Growing National Effort to Ban Smartphone Use in Schools
Gov. Gavin Newsom called on Tuesday for a statewide ban on smartphone use in California schools, joining a growing national effort to curb cyberbullying and classroom distraction by limiting access to the devices.
It’s one of California’s worst freeway bottlenecks. Will fixing it ruin the planet?
Underneath the Yolo Causeway near Sacramento, where a nearly half-billion-dollar effort is underway to add toll lanes to Interstate 80 and ease congestion, swollen rivers fill wetlands in the winter season and bat colonies roost in the bridge’s grooves in warm months.
Climate change is making more California homes dangerously hot. It’s time state laws caught up
Whether you rent or own in California, your home is required to have a functional heating system capable of keeping temperatures at least 70 degrees.
State board approves protections for hot workplaces
Relief is on the horizon for California fast-food workers operating hot kitchen appliances, logistics workers in vast inland warehouses that lack cooling equipment and others laboring in hot indoor settings as a state agency Thursday approved new workplace protections against excessive heat.
