Adam B. Summers is a columnist, economist, and public policy analyst, and a former editorial writer for the Orange County Register / Southern California News Group. He is also editor and coauthor of ...

California's unemployment department bought more cellphones than it needed during the COVID pandemic and kept paying for ...

A pandemic surge in unemployment claims prompted the Employment Development Department to buy the devices, but auditors say ...

The California State Controller’s office this week notified San Benito County officials that its Local Government Oversight ...

Speaker of the California State Assembly Robert Rivas, who leads the largest state Democratic caucus in America, announced ...

Mosquito and tick-borne diseases may become rampant in the South Bay as the Santa Clara County Vector Control District faces ...

Give Marin’s 13 nonreporting school agencies (both public and charter), plus the County Office of Education, the benefit of the doubt. They now have an opportunity to correct the record.

Whacking certain programs would anger interest groups and raising taxes in this high-tax state is a political no-no for all ...

After recent shakeups, 10 candidates remain in the race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom next year, including Eric Swalwell and Katie Porter.

Stockton Vice Mayor Jason Lee has sent a written request to the California State Controller's Office, asking the state controller to conduct a comprehensive audit of the city. In Lee's formal letter ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — You could have money or assets sitting in California's vaults and not even know about it. Right now, there are billions of dollars in unclaimed property in the state of California.