Hours before Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to present his budget plan on Thursday, his office released new projections of a $16.5-billion state revenue windfall over three years and offered a rosy outlook on California's fiscal position during his final year in office and the year after. Newsom's office provided few details about his plan to reduce spending or other adjustments that he would need to propose in combination with the increase in revenue to eliminate projected deficits from 2026-27 through 2027-28.
A year after San Leandro Police Chief Angela Averiett was accused of swiping the side of another car in the East Bay then driving off, she now faces misdemeanor charges and has been put on administrative leave. San Leandro's police chief, Angela Averiett, is now on administrative leave after being charged with misdemeanor hit-and-run Tuesday, stemming from an incident in Dublin last May, which was initially reported by ABC 7's Dan Noyes and covered by SFist in April.
Lake Tahoe's local electricity provider, California-based Liberty Utilities, has been obtaining 75 percent of its power from the Nevada-based company NV Energy. But the latter has said it will stop providing power to the Lake Tahoe region by May of next year, according to extensive reporting by Fortune.
Librarians led hundreds of residents on tours to highlight the special features of the building. The May 9 celebration, hosted by the Santa Clara County Library District, afforded the huge crowd of eager residents a first glimpse of the new facility. Lion dancers, story time with characters, a musical performance and a bubble show were part of the festivities surrounding the long-awaited grand opening of the Campbell Library on Saturday.
"At this time, there is no immediate threat to public safety and no major infrastructure damage has been identified within the city," the city wrote. A viewer who didn't want to be shown on camera called the local ABC station on Saturday about the swarm and said she felt another earthquake while she was on the phone.
Emergency crews were able to safely evacuate the 26 workers on Platform Habitat, an operating oil rig about 9 miles off the shore from Carpenteria, though two minor injuries were reported, according to Petty Officer Kenneth Wiese, a spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard.
Almost three years after landslides in Rancho Palos Verdes began accelerating and expanding, prompting an ongoing local emergency, federal officials have secured the area some long-requested federal aid. U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff and Rep. Ted Lieu announced Thursday that officials in Rancho Palos Verdes are set to receive almost $2.3 million for two landslide mitigation projects. These are the first federal funds directed to the landslide area since the city declared a local emergency in October 2023, when land movement began reaching unprecedented levels, tearing up roads, splitting homes and upending utilities.
The outcome is unacceptable and runs counter to the core of what this office stands for. While the mistake occurred after an election worker did not follow proper procedures, the responsibility for what happened ultimately sits with me.
From 2019 to 2024, if California's employment in heavily remote job groups had grown at the nationwide rate, the state would have had 200,000 more jobs in 2024 than it actually had. Since 2019, employment in jobs that have high rates of remote work, such as those in the technology and finance sectors, grew by 16% in the rest of the U.S., while employment in those sectors only grew by 7% in California.
I do not see presently -- at least up to six weeks -- a supply shortfall. Beyond that, based on what we're hearing from the industry and what we've observed, the pricing will move molecules to California, but it will come at a price.
