Sunday, December 28, 2025
Film Production The state continues to try to put the brakes on runaway Hollywood production. Earlier this month, the governor’s office announced 28 films are receiving awards in the latest round of the expanded Film & Television Tax Credit Program , through the California Film Commission. Among them is a Long Beach-set biopic produced by hip-hop icon/entertainer Snoop […]
Sunday, December 21, 2025
Polls President Donald Trump’s first year of his final term has been a downer for the voters. A recent Emerson College poll on the president’s approval rating shows it has flipped since he took office in January. Trump entered the Oval Office for a second term with an approval rating of 49% and a disapproval rating of 41%, but by […]
Monday, December 15, 2025
EDD Audit By Adam Ashton, CalMatters. This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s unemployment agency kept paying cellphone bills for four and a half years without checking whether its workers were actually using the devices. That’s how it racked up $4.6 million in fees for mobile devices its workers were not using, according to a […]
Saturday, December 13, 2025
Drunk Driving Crackdown California is stepping up its crackdown on drunk drivers. On Friday, December 12, It involves a multi-million-dollar grant. Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the grant to improve toxicology testing for alleged drug-impaired drivers throughout the state. Who Got the Grant The grant is from the California Office of Traffic Safety. It will be going to the […]
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Medical Debt Suzanne Potter, producer,, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Christmas is coming early this year for some families in Los Angeles County. This week, letters are arriving in the mail letting them know their medical debt is being forgiven. Starting last year, some $363 million in medical debt owed by 171,000 people has […]
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Polls and Politics Bay Area Democrat and President Trump critic Eric Swalwell is making serious waves in the California governor’s race less than a month after officially starting his campaign. The U.S. Representative for the 14th Congressional District announced his run for governor back on November 20. The declaration included an appearance on the late-night talk show ‘Jimmy […]
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Labor and Government— Suzanne Potter, producer, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Farmworker advocates are speaking out against wage cuts for agricultural workers, both foreign-born workers in the H-2A visa program and U.S. citizens who work alongside them. This week, the United Farm Workers, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, and others condemned the changes. Diego […]
Saturday, November 15, 2025
The Yes on Proposition 50 campaign won a massive victory at the ballot box earlier this month on Tuesday, November 4, during the Statewide Special Election. The controversial temporary California congressional redistricting measure won more than 64% of the vote, but its toughest battle may lie ahead in the legal fight. Last week, Trump’s Department of Justice joined a lawsuit […]
Monday, November 10, 2025
Suzanne Potter, producer, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Food banks across California are seeing a big surge in demand and are tapping emergency supplies as the government shutdown continues. The shutdown threatens future funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which is distributed through CalFresh in the Golden State. Debbie Espinosa, president and CEO of FIND Food Bank in […]
