Rick Orlov

Voters will have the chance to raise the state minimum wage to $18 with Prop 32. Wages are usually a hot topic in the state, but campaign spending is low.

Insurance hikes aren’t just affecting homes at high risk of fire. Homeowners in urban areas share the brunt of climate change too. Condos are hit especially hard.

Four years after protesters called to defund the police, voters worried about crime are poised to toss out a reformer D.A. and pass a tough-on-crime bill.

Our current recycling system isn’t set up to recycle textiles. But a new CA law gives clothing brands a deadline to figure out how to do it.

With Joe Biden out of the presidential race, the spotlight is on Vice President Kamala Harris. But her track record as CA attorney general may come under fire.

Warming ocean temperatures affect albacore tuna’s migratory patterns, and that’s made it more difficult for local fishermen to make a living catching them.

Nonprofit Heal the Bay is out with its annual report card on water quality at CA beaches. It found that rainy winters may be making the ocean more toxic.

Thousands of California tenants lose their evictions each year because they didn’t file a response in five days. Lawmakers want to give them more time.