Surging Southern California rent inflation, while national price hikes decline, suggests January’s Los Angeles wildfires may be costing local tenants. My trusty spreadsheet looked at rent costs ...

Housing bills in California often face fierce opposition from construction unions, but this time, the carpenters’ union went ...

In July, thousands of workers in over a dozen cities and states will see a new wage increase as new laws take effect, despite ...

Six months after the Jan. 7 fire storms that killed at least 30 people, frustrations are mounting among many homeowners over ...

The recovery from the fires is an evolving saga that changes by the day. Here’s a brisk overview of what we know at this ...

On the six-month anniversary of the wildfires that devastated parts of Los Angeles County, members of the Eaton Fire ...

And Southern California’s costs of “durables” – those big-ticket items such as cars, appliances and furniture – slipped at a 0.4% annual rate in the past year. That’s not 2024’s best discounting: 4.7% ...

Merritt Farren, a Pacific Palisades wildfire survivor and former corporate attorney, has been formally granted permission to intervene in the California Department of Insurance's ongoing rate ...

On the six month anniversary of the wildfires that devastated parts of Los Angeles County, members of the Eaton Fire ...

The first was a 1.6 cent-per-gallon increase stemming from Senate Bill 1 from 2017, which initially increased the gas tax by 12 cents-per-gallon. Legally-mandated inflation adjustments pushed it to 59 ...

From fertility care and mental health access to consumer safety and housing reform, a slate of new California laws took effect Tuesday, July 1, reshaping health care coverage, business accountability, ...

"Had I been wrong about my dad — this man I knew to be so wonderful and caring and loving, not only to my mom and my siblings ...