1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (459+ words) Leaving a neighborhood restaurant in South Park, one of us carried leftovers we planned to enjoy the next day. Just outside the restaurant was an elderly woman sitting on the sidewalk, clearly homeless and hungry. We handed her the leftovers....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (984+ words) Rep. Scott Peters is part of a legislative push to tackle climate change by removing carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere. He’s a co-sponsor of the Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2026, a bill proposed in both chambers of Congress…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (770+ words) California reduced its official homeless count in 2025 after years of increases. Now, preliminary data for 2026 shows many places in the state are continuing to make progress. Of the 28 counties or continuums of care (which group smaller counties together into single…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (388+ words) It seems a long time ago when Economist Kenichi Ohmae foresaw a shift in The End of the Nation State, arguing that cross-border metropolitan regions — not nation-states — would become the primary engines of growth and innovation. Americans look to Washington…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (313+ words) Democratic California Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla announced Monday that Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner route will receive more than $150 million in federal grants for rail improvements in San Diego County. The Federal Railroad Administration’s Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail…...

4+ week, 21+ hour ago   (1527+ words) In the final few weeks of his last legislative session as California governor, Gavin Newsom is asking lawmakers to help reduce how much profit-making utility companies must pay out after wildfires. His administration has for weeks floated to lawmakers a…...