Low resistance tires could reduce drivers' costs and improve the climate
More than 20 years after lawmakers first told the California Energy Commission that replacement tires must be as energy efficient…
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Contributor: We tried a free-for-all in sports betting. it has been a disaster
In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association. A fractured court, led by a conservative…
Editorial: California's plastic bag ban accidentally created another trash problem
California banned single-use plastic shopping bags in 2016, becoming the first state to adopt this important environmental measure. In the…
Editorial: California Workers Should Have Indoor Heat Protection
It has been seven summers since California lawmakers voted to require indoor workplace rules to prevent workers from being injured…
Editorial: Californians amass answers. Did Panera Bread get an exemption from the $20 minimum wage law?
Even before Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the landmark law in September that would raise the minimum wage for fast food…
Opinion: California faces an uphill battle against plastic bags
Given its green bona fides, it's no surprise that California was the first state in the country to ban single-use…
California's war on plastic bag use appears to have failed
It was a decade ago when California became the first state in the country to ban single-use plastic bags, ushering…