Governor Reaches Budget Deal With Legislators
A big part of the new budget deal between Governor Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers concerns CalWORKs, the state's welfare-to-work program. Democratic leaders had resisted cutting the cash assistance portion of the program when unemployment is still so high. Now, they say, both sides have found a middle ground they can live with.
High Court Rules That Union Must Change Dues System
California's largest public employee union, the SEIU, says it will change its dues collection system after a 7-2 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court released Thursday. The case involves a special dues hike to lobby against a pair of state ballot measures.
L.A. Gets Personalized Climate Change Forecast
The City and County of Los Angeles now has its very own climate predictions, thanks to a new UCLA study that took global science and for the first time, made it local. The numbers spell hotter days for L.A., and more of them.