The Plan to Save Californians $117 Billion a Year by Switching to Single-Payer

The Plan to Save Californians $117 Billion a Year by Switching to Single-Payer

A doctor and other supporters of Medicare for All gather before Democratic senators arrive for a news conference. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo) Subscribe to the nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for the nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up. For more from the nationcheck out … Read more

The Bold New Campaign to “End Poverty in California”

The Bold New Campaign to “End Poverty in California”

People walk in Skid Row after new school supplies were donated to thousands at Fred Jordan Missions, on September 28, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images / Mario Tama) EDITOR’S NOTE:&nbspEach week we cross-post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column at the WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. Subscribe to … Read more

Tesla Charged With Racial Segregation At California Factory

Tesla Charged With Racial Segregation At California Factory

Tesla: The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) charged Tesla on Wednesday with racial segregation in the workplace at one of its factories in the region. The automaker published an official statement, even before the complaint was made, denying all the allegations. According to Kevin Kish, director of the DFEH, after hundreds of … Read more

California to debate mandating Covid vaccines at all workplaces

California to debate mandating Covid vaccines at all workplaces

Assembly Bill 1993, which would likely take effect next year and levy penalties on employers that don’t comply, is likely to draw criticism from mandate foes — especially as infection and hospitalization rates driven by the Omicron variant continue to plummet. But Wicks argues that the unpredictability of the virus makes the case for the … Read more

Soak up the February sun? Not without climate change guilt in California

Soak up the February sun? Not without climate change guilt in California

“I want to enjoy the ability to go outside and be in the sun, but I think creeping in the back of my mind, ‘What does this mean for the future?’” Emma Penny, SFJAZZ Center management coordinator But a bone-dry January and February have reactivated fears of drought and wildfires. Memories of summer 2020, when … Read more

California suspect Juan Angel Garcia formally charged in ex-Cal Bears star Gene Ransom’s shooting death

California suspect Juan Angel Garcia formally charged in ex-Cal Bears star Gene Ransom’s shooting death

A suspect who was arrested in California on Saturday in connection with the shooting death of former California Golden Bears college basketball star Gene Ransom has been formally charged with murder, according to authorities. Juan Angel Garcia, 25, was charged Monday and faces an additional charge of shooting at an occupied vehicle after he allegedly … Read more

California gas utility fined $10M for ratepayer money misuse

California gas utility fined $10M for ratepayer money misuse

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A major California gas company has been ordered to pay the state nearly $10 million and reimburse customers for money it improperly spent on work related to developing energy-efficient building codes. The penalties faced by Southern California Gas Co. faces were ruled Thursday by the California Public Utilities Commission. The commission, … Read more

California’s Red Counties

California’s Red Counties

A Shasta County Board of Supervisors meeting where residents argued for and against impeaching board members. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Throughout Northern California, a swath of conservative, sparsely populated counties have headed in a dramatically different direction politically in recent years to the rest of the state. Nowhere is this more clear than … Read more