CALMATTERS: Progressives frustrated by failure to enact their agenda in deep blue California | Columns
Seemingly, California is a deeply blue state in which Democrats hold virtually all of the levers of political power, including…
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CALMATTERS: Successful reading skills upgrade offers a lesson for California politicians | Columns
A decade ago, California’s political apparatus finally recognized a yawning achievement gap in its public schools, separating poor and English-learner…
CALMATTERS: Cowboys vs. Seahawks game was a better show than Newsom vs. DeSantis | Columns
What is there to say about Thursday night’s much-hyped “debate” between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis?…
CALMATTERS: What went wrong at EDD? An investigation of its managerial meltdown
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Mass layoffs hit video game industry after its pandemic boom
Ryan Lastimosa was home recovering from surgery when he received a text message from his boss at Respawn Entertainment saying…
CALMATTERS: Closed-off Interstate 10 is no stranger to major damage or political attention | Columns
If any freeway is a cultural icon, it is Interstate 10, which stretches more than 2,460 miles through eight southern…
Netflix, Warner Bros., and More Cut Staff
The Hollywood strikes may be over, but the industry that workers are coming back to is going through turmoil. On…
Post-strike Hollywood rushes to get film, TV sets humming
[1/2]A view of the Warner Bros. Studio, after the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Committee approved a tentative agreement with the Alliance of…
CALMATTERS: California will finally see a highly competitive contest for U.S. Senate | Columns
California has seen some humdinger contests for its U.S. Senate seats, but none worthy of note in this century. Two…
CALMATTERS: Gavin Newsom’s trip to Israel and China was tinged with hypocrisy | Columns
So what should Californians glean from their governor’s global gallivanting last week? We learned that Gavin Newsom won’t let tinges…