A decades-old payroll system and advance pay practices are costing the state millions and frustrating employees forced to pay it back.
A new state audit finds vacancy rates above 30 percent despite hundreds of millions spent on salaries, bonuses and contract labor.
A proposed new city in California demonstrates the benefits of packing more people and businesses into a small geographic area. Removing daunting roadblocks can open up vital experiments in city-building.
The new CalRx insulin will hit the market in January at $55 a month, part of a broader state effort to rein in drug costs.
A district at the edge of the Mojave Desert is part of a network of California schools harvesting environmental, behavioral and academic benefits from a school forest.
Over the past decade, nearly 40,000 people have died and more than 2 million have been injured on California roads. Many of those crashes were caused by repeat drunk drivers, chronic speeders and motorists with well-documented histories of recklessness behind the wheel.
Legal experts warn the ordinance is likely to face a challenge from the Trump administration.
A regional design meant to prevent failures during wildfires never worked in practice.
Florida, meanwhile, gains one every two minutes. New data shows how population shifts are reshaping budgets and tax bases nationwide.
New reforms aim to streamline job titles and help managers identify top candidates more quickly after years of losing talent to faster-moving employers.
A federal court’s ruling against Texas’ mid-decade redistricting won’t unravel California’s Prop. 50 map, which lawmakers insulated by removing trigger language tied to other states’ actions.
Sunset Mesa residents are pushing for fireproof construction with noncombustible materials to shield entire blocks and attract affordable insurance.
The state is shockingly lax on DUIs, and it isn’t even the worst. But it shouldn’t be surprising that so many people are dying on California’s roads.
The city's yearslong struggle to open sites for homeless people living in vehicles will likely continue after the federal government dismissed the idea as “reprehensible” and “dystopian.”
A recycling project in Santa Monica, Calif., is helping the city move away from dependence on imported water.
A Sacramento developer is using a $1.5 million 3D printer to build fire-resistant, low-waste homes that could reshape how California tackles its housing shortage.
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