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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters Two years after a wave of public benefit thefts that left low-income Californians scrambling to pay rent and afford food each month, Gov. Gavin Newsom is touting a significant decline in the reported amount stolen. The thefts still amounted to more than $4 million a month last fall...
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Los expertos en derecho del consumidor de California advierten a los compradores de automóviles sobre las estafas “yoyo”, en las que las personas se llevan el coche a casa, pero unos días después les llaman para que vuelvan al concesionario a firmar nuevos documentos de financiación, a menudo con...
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Experts in California consumer law are warning car buyers about “yo-yo” scams, where people take the car home but then get called right back to the lot a few days later to sign new financing paperwork, often at a higher rate. Many buyers don’t realize that the dealer can cancel...
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Khari Johnson & Yue Stella Yu CalMatters In April, Rhode Island resident Navah Hopkins received a plea for her help to defeat legislation thousands of miles away in California. The ask came from Google, maker of the world’s most used web browser, Chrome. The tech giant sent a message to an...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters El gobernador Gavin Newsom finalmente consiguió el enfrentamiento con el presidente Donald Trump que estaba pidiendo. Su tregua cuidadosamente calibrada, forjada a raíz de los devastadores incendios forestales de enero en Los Ángeles, pareció implosionar durante el fin de semana del 7 de junio de 2025,...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom finally got the showdown with President Donald Trump that he was asking for. Their carefully calibrated truce, forged in the wake of January’s devastating wildfires across Los Angeles, appeared to implode over the weekend of June 7, 2025 when Trump sent the California...
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Indigenous people have made great contributions to the country yet the alarming rates of violence against them remains a public health crisis. A new study showed intimate partner violence disproportionately impacts Indigenous women more than any other ethnic or racial group in the U.S. The murder rate for Native...
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Los educadores expresan su indignación por los despidos masivos de la mitad del personal del Departamento de Educación de EE. UU. La secretaria de Educación, Linda McMahon, afirma que la medida refleja el compromiso del departamento con la eficiencia y la rendición de cuentas. Carl Williams, vicepresidente del American...
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School employees are expressing outrage at the mass layoffs of half the U.S. Department of Education workforce. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the move reflects the department’s commitment to efficiency and accountability. Carl Williams, a vice president with the American Federation of Teachers, represents classified employees in Lawndale....