State Bill Aims to Close Obamacare Loophole
Under the Affordable Care Act, firms that employ 50 people or more must provide full-time workers with health insurance, or face a fine of $2,000 to $3,000 a head per year. So what's to stop employers from cutting worker hours to force them onto either Medi-Cal or the new state insurance exchanges? One bill moving through Sacramento attempts to close the loophole for California's largest employers.
Virus Debilitates California's Latest Tomato Crop
Some 13 million tons of tomatoes are grown in California for processing into sauce, soup and paste. This year's tomato crop is facing a worse-than-usual case of a virus called Curly Top, with some fields completely lost.