Highway traffic is inevitable during the holidays. See which roads are the most congested in your city before you head out ...

Despite child care being prohibitively expensive for families, early childhood educators are chronically underpaid. Experts ...

The snowpack in California and other western U.S. states is melting at a record-breaking pace despite above-average snowfall in many areas, threatening an early start to the wildfire season and ...

Pain at the pump? California gas prices, already the highest in the nation, could get even more expensive. Here's why.

Over 8 quarters, local wages have grown at an average annual rate of 4.7% vs. a 3.2 % increase in consumer prices.

Orange, Santa Barbara and San Diego counties are soon to surpass the $100,000 annual salary threshold for a low-income single ...

California has no health standards for these chemicals in fish, so activists are urging action. Found in people and animals ...

The Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved an ordinance allowing people to drink alcohol along the Third Street ...

San Francisco distributed $46 million of stipends ... Sonoma County passed a sales tax to support child care resources. In Southern California, Pomona passed a measure in November requiring ...

Southern California pay raises started 2025 by outpacing inflation, a winning streak that now runs two years long. That’s what my trusty spreadsheet found when examining the federal Employment ...