CALMATTERS: Ironically, Californians and Missourians can’t legally bet on their Super Bowl teams | Columns
Sunday’s Super Bowl, pitting the San Francisco 49ers against the Kansas City Chiefs and staged in Las Vegas’ new stadium,…
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CALMATTERS: The collapse of California’s news industry is so severe it’ll require taxpayer support to rebuild | Columns
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is probably one of the more generous newspaper owners in the country – and he just announced…
CALMATTERS: California’s unique employee lawsuit law could be repealed if ballot measure passes | Columns
In 2003, just five days after California voters recalled then-Gov. Gray Davis, he signed landmark legislation making it easier for…
CALMATTERS: How long will California lawmakers let tech companies make them look like fools? | Columns
“Fool me once, shame on you,” the saying goes. With the benefit of hindsight, there’s no better encapsulation of the…
CALMATTERS: Outsiders love bashing California but residents are souring on the state, too | Columns
As Republican presidential candidates were slogging through Iowa and talking to voters prior to this week’s caucuses, California-bashing was common….
TYRADES! Been at your job too long? | Columns
Without much fanfare (okay, I did write and voice a radio commercial noting the milestone), I recently marked 25 years…
CALMATTERS: California’s worker shortage has quickly become another existential issue | Columns
Millions of Americans watched last weekend as NFL teams played the final games of their regular season. California fans were…
CALMATTERS: Could Gavin Newsom actually mount a successful presidential campaign? | Columns
It wasn’t the most important political story in California this year, but Gov. Gavin Newsom’s headlong plunge into national –…
CALMATTERS: Politicians refused to fix California’s boom-and-bust tax system. They now face a $68 billion deficit | Columns
It is truly amazing – and not in a good way – that California’s politicians cannot grasp a phenomenon that…
Joseph Gatt appears in court after being arrested for ‘contact with minor for a sexual offense’ | Entertainment
Joseph Gatt has appeared in court after he was arrested for “contact with a minor for a sexual offense”. The…