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The California Public Utilities Commission released a proposal this week that would change how utility bills are calculated. Regulators say it could help control price spikes during the hot summer months.
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New buyers for the auctioned off Prima Wawona farmland, as well as new training opportunities, could help those displaced by mass layoffs in central California.
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The update is the latest restriction Ring has made to police activity on its Neighbors app following concerns raised by privacy watchdogs about the company's relationship with police departments.
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A new Harvard analysis finds people across income levels got squeezed by rent hikes during the pandemic. The market has lost millions of low-rent places, and new construction is mostly high-end.
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Realtors hope it will be easier to buy a house in 2024. It can't get much harder: last year was one of the slowest on record thanks to high mortgage rates coupled with a housing shortage.
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Billionaire backers of new California city seek voter approval after stealthily snapping up farmlandThe California Forever company submitted paperwork Wednesday to ask Solano County voters to allow them to build the city on now protected agricultural land.
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"Shoppers will have fewer choices and less competition, and, without a competitive marketplace, they will pay higher prices at the grocery store," Washington state attorney general Bob Ferguson said.
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A Thai restaurant in Fresno is back in operation after facing a barrage of harassment rooted in a racist stereotype.
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The federal tax credit for electric vehicles is easier to get this year, for anybody buying a qualifying car — but fewer models qualify, as the government imposes stricter eligibility requirements.
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California fast-food workers will earn a $20 minimum wage in April. Other employers might have to raise their pay floor to recruit and retain staff.
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Two-thirds of the bills opposed by the oil industry this year were killed, thanks in part to an alliance with the building trades union, forcing Democrats to sometimes choose between jobs and the environment.
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The California Public Utilities Commission voted to allow the plant to operate for an additional five years, despite calls from environmental groups to shut it down.