The Trump administration is poised to revoke California’s decades-old ability to set its own auto emissions standards Thursday, setting up a legal battle that could affect greenhouse gas emissions for vehicles produced nationwide.
Story by Ben Adler.
(Photo: Cars drive on Highway 50 in Sacramento - Andrew Nixon / Capital Public Radio)
AB-5 is best known for how it could affect the gig economy, as drivers for Uber and Lyft will no longer be classified as independent contractors — but it touches several other industries, including truck drivers, health aids, and janitors.
Story by Randol White.
(Photo: Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, speaks at an August 28 rally in Sacramento, Calif., calling for passage of AB5 to limit when companies can label workers as independent contractors - Rich Pedroncelli / AP)
University of California President Janet Napolitano - who in 2013 became the first woman to lead the 10-campus system - announced today she plans to step down next August.
Story by Steve Milne.
(Photo: UC President Janet Napolitano - Elena Zhukova/University of California)
Thursday, September 19, 2019
California says its system for tracking cannabis products from seed-to-sale will soon cover the entire industry. But regulators still have more work to do.
Story by Scott Rodd.
(Photo: Daniel Oberhaus [CC BY-SA 4.0])
A team at UC Irvine has developed a machine-learning technique and tested it in Alaska. Shane Coffield was the lead author on the project. He says it works best when determining whether a fire will become large.
Story by Randol White.
(Photo: The town of Paradise and areas nearby were devastated by the Camp Fire that started on Nov. 8, 2018 in Butte County - Andrew Nixon / Capital Public Radio)
A new California Public Policy Institute of California report shows registered voters most likely to cast a ballot tend to be older, white, affluent, and own their home.
Story by Drew Sandsor.
(Photo: Andrew Nixon / Capital Public Radio)
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Governor Gavin Newsom asks the Trump administration for more housing vouchers to help the state's efforts to reduce homelessness.
Story by Scott Rodd.
As a mysterious lung illness tied to vaping sweeps across the country, California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday said he wants to ban flavored e-cigarettes.
Story by Drew Sandsor.
(Photo: Gavin Newsom reflects on his first 100 days as governor of California - Andrew Nixon / Capital Public Radio)
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris has claimed she took on Big Oil during her time as California’s attorney general. PolitiFact California examined her record and spoke with environmental experts about how far she went.
Story by Chris Nichols.
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(Photo: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris claims she took on Big Oil during her time as California’s attorney general – Via Politifact California)
California leads the U.S. in the number of high-density homes located in areas susceptible to wildfires.
Story by Steve Milne.
(Photo: Courtesy of El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office/via Capital Public Radio)
Friday, September 13, 2019
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Companies such as Uber and Lyft have been seeking a way to keep their workers classified as contractors instead of employees. But legislation to address worker misclassification moved forward Tuesday night without exemptions covering them.
Story by Ben Adler.
(Photo: In this Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, a driver displaying Lyft and Uber stickers on his front windshield drops off a customer in downtown Los Angeles- -Richard Vogel / AP Images)
California has the country's most vulnerable real estate market should a recession hit. Real estate data firm, Redfin, looked at the fifty largest housing markets in the U.S., ranking them based on seven factors, including price volatility, number of flips, and employment diversity.
Story by Randol White
(Photo: Brent Allison, creative commons [CC BY-SA 4.0])
Thursday, September 12, 1919
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