California needs to better resist job-killing megamergers in entertainment
Mergers like the recent ones between Paramount and Warner Bros and between Fox Corp. and Roku are endanger jobs and hurt consumers.
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By emptying death row, Newsom broke a promise and disregarded the will of voters
Despite promising to respect voters' support for capital punishment, Gavin Newsom moved to empty death row in the waning days of his governorship.
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What’s the future of the death penalty in California after Newsom’s clemency?
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s commutations of death sentences marked how far California has changed on criminal justice over three decades. Yet the death penalty remains part of a contradictory status quo.
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What happens when real estate agents have split allegiances?
A Sonoma County lawsuit alleges that one of northern California’s largest real estate brokerages shunted buyers into “dual agency” contracts.
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Estos profesores a tiempo parcial ganan mucho dinero impartiendo decenas de clases en línea. ¿Están aprendiendo sus alumnos?
No existen normas que regulen cuántas clases pueden impartir los profesores de colegios comunitarios. Algunos están sacando provecho de ello.
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California voters overhaul recall elections, pass Democratic-backed Prop. 5
After a tight race, Californians sided with Democratic leaders, approving their proposed change to the recall process. The recall will take place in two parts: first, whether an official should be recalled, then, who should replace them.
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Este condado de California alberga a la mitad de los delincuentes sexuales violentos del estado. ¿Existe una mejor manera de alojarlos?
Mientras un juez de San Diego sopesa la posibilidad de reubicar a dos depredadores sexuales violentos en un barrio rural, un supervisor del condado propone un nuevo plan para alojar mejor a estos delincuentes.
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These part-time California profs found a way to make $400K
We have a can’t miss story for you today revealing how a handful of enterprising college professors are pulling in very high incomes through online education, including one who made $750,000 in one year. Read on for more on that story, as well as a look at the debate over why homelessness is decreasing across […]
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How we found the instructors making more than $400K at community colleges
Our analysis found 72 community college instructors who worked at five or more campuses in 2024, with 10 of them taking home more than $340,000 in pay.
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This California county holds half the state’s violent sex offenders. Is there a better way to house them?
As a San Diego judge weighs placing two sexually violent predators in a rural neighborhood, a county supervisor offers a new plan to better house these offenders
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