After years of grinding for wage gains that were quickly wiped out by California’s soaring cost of living, unionized educators are about to make a power move.
After saying it would run out of funds by March, California’s last-resort fire insurance provider will impose a special charge of $1 billion on homeowners and insurance companies, the first such move in more than three decades.
David Marquez has been working for the past six years at the Porta Via restaurant in Pacific Palisades. Last year, he started another part-time job in a restaurant across the street called Pearl Dragon. Despite the long drive from his home town of Downey to the Palisades, Marquez enjoyed his jobs. He could make ends meet at home, where he lives with his partner and 93-year-old grandfather, and send money to support his two children in Mexico.
Gov. Gavin Newsom today approved $25 million for anticipated legal challenges against the Trump administration, positioning California to once again lead the resistance to the MAGA movement — just as the state is seeking federal assistance for the Los Angeles region’s recovery from devastating fires.
SALINAS, Calif. — This coastal valley made famous by the novelist John Steinbeck is sometimes known affectionately as “America’s salad bowl,” though the planting and harvesting is done mostly by immigrants from Mexico.
It has been a month since two of the worst devastating wildfires in California destroyed thousands of residential and commercial properties and killed at least 29 people. The latest numbers show that the Palisades fire burned about 6,800 structures, while the Eaton fire in Altadena burned more than 9,400.
Donald Trump’s presidency started with a bang, an explosion of executive orders meant to disrupt the fabric of the U.S. government at every level. During the first weeks, we heard little from the Democratic party about a strategy to fight against the new administration.
