Iowa to get $135 million in Meta teen mental health settlement
Meta settles $17B lawsuit with Iowa and 46 other states over teen mental health claims DES MOINES, Iowa…
Letters to the Editor: California’s film exodus ‘should be treated as a five-alarm fire’
Aug. 26, 2026 7:30 AM PT To the editor: The continuing loss of film and television production from…
California’s post-production workers push for new industry incentive
For 45 years, Alyson Dee Moore made the sounds that movies needed — the footsteps, the rustling clothes…
California’s AI gold rush pulls in 90% of U.S. venture capital despite billionaire tax backlash
Despite threats of a billionaire exodus and consistent complaints about the difficulty of doing business in California, it…
Trump administration agrees with three states on cutting water use
California and two other states have avoided the harshest water cutbacks the Trump administration could have imposed over…
The dark side of making daylight saving time permanent in California
The move by lawmakers to make daylight saving time permanent has a dark side — sunless winter mornings.…
California sues to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros
Twelve states challenged Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday, filing a lawsuit that argues the $81…
The Colorado River is drying up, deepening water crisis in Southwest
GRANBY, Colo. — High in the Rocky Mountains, spring-fed streams and ponds have vanished, leaving patches of cracked mud in…
California, other states may sue to block Paramount-Warner Bros. deal
The state of California is leading an effort to prepare a possible lawsuit that could thwart Paramount Skydance…
California and other states tout new Colorado River water-saving plan
With the Colorado River’s giant reservoirs declining toward critically low levels, negotiators for California, Arizona and Nevada announced…