The UC wants to change how the system works saying it's too expensive and wants to make its research free for anyone to access.
Story by Randol White.
(Photo: UC Berkeley - Gku [CC BY-SA 3.0])
California will get nearly $19 million as part of nationwide settlement with credit rating agency Equifax.
Story by Drew Sandsor.
(Photo: Mike Stewart/AP/via NPR)
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Under a new Cal OSHA rule, employers will have to give out masks, relocate workers or change the intensity of work when air quality is hazardous.
Story by Sammy Caiola.
(Photo: Smoke from the Camp Fire in Butte County fills the air in Sacramento, 90 miles away - Andrew Nixon / Capital Public Radio)
California’s economic expansion doesn’t appear to be slowing down. The state added more than 46,000 jobs last month.
Story by Ben Adler.
(Photo: FILE - Charles Krupa / AP Photo, File / Via Capital Public Radio)
Have you ever wondered which presidential candidates are raising the most money from your neighbors? Well, you can now check out how the campaigns are doing in every zip code within California — the state known as the nation’s political ATM.
Story by Ben Adler.
(Photo: Democratic presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Kamala Harris before the start of the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Miami - AP Photo/Brynn Anderson/via CalMatters)
Monday, July 22, 2019
A CapRadio investigation found dozens of state agencies failed to provide sexual harassment training to state supervisors in recent years. Governor Newsom set a July 1 deadline for agencies to comply with state law.
Story by Scott Rodd.
(Photo: Andrew Nixon / Capital Public Radio)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it will not ban a controversial pesticide linked to severe health effects on children's developing brains. The step puts the Trump administration once more at odds with California.
Story by Julia Mitric.
(Photo by Joe Skipper/REUTERS/via PBS)
California’s bail industry is already asking voters to overturn a new state law that would end cash bail. Now, voters could also be asked next fall whether to enshrine bail in the state’s constitution.
Story by Ben Adler.
(Photo: Daniel Schwen [CC BY-SA 4.0])
Friday, July 19, 2019
Six California counties have no access to the federal Wireless Emergency Alert System. Some have applied. Others have differing reasons for a failure to get the application in.
Story by Bob Moffitt.
(Photo courtesy Vino Noceto Winery/via Capital Public Radio)
California’s bail industry is already asking voters to overturn a new state law that would end cash bail. Now, voters could also be asked next fall whether to enshrine bail in the state’s constitution.
Story by Ben Adler.
(Photo: Gov. Jerry Brown hands a copy of a bill to end bail he signed to Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, right, who along with state Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, third from right, co-authored the measure, during a signing ceremony, Aug. 28, 2018 - Rich Pedroncelli / AP Photo /via Capital Public Radio)
Thursday, July 18, 2019
In his first budget, Governor Newsom took a $50 million step forward on his campaign promise to launch college savings accounts for all incoming kindergarteners.
PolitiFact California has rated this promise ‘In the Works.’
Story by Chris Nichols
(Photo courtesy of PolitiFact California)
California lawmakers approved a wildfire liability fund last week to help utilities pay for fire damages, amid concerns that utility companies might see their stocks dive if they owed billions of dollars. Still, Moody’s remains cautious.
Story by Scott Rodd.
(Photo: Firefighters battle flames at a burning apartment complex in Paradise, Calif., in November 2018 - Josh Edelson /AFP/Getty Images/via Capital Public Radio)
When Governor Gavin Newsom signed California’s new wildfire liability law last week, he also named his pick for the lead regulator for utilities such as PG&E.
Story by Ben Adler.
(Photo: CPUC seal via copswiki.org)
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
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