CALMATTERS: Californians pay high gas prices and high gas taxes yet still drive on bad highways | Columns
To state the obvious, California motorists are experiencing one of the state’s periodic spikes in gasoline prices. California’s average price…
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The end is nigh for the great Disney-Nelson Peltz proxy battle
Walt Disney Co.’s dramatic battle with billionaire shareholder Nelson Peltz and his firm, Trian Fund Management, comes to a head…
CALMATTERS: Newsom, legislators opt for gimmicks and wishful thinking to close California’s budget deficit | Columns
Gov. Gavin Newsom and his fellow Democrats in the Legislature spent their way into a massive state budget deficit by…
CALMATTERS: Southern California’s huge logistics industry faces a backlash over wages and pollution | Columns
A half-century ago, Southern California’s financial, political and civic leaders made a fateful decision that the region’s economic future could…
CALMATTERS: California spends billions on homelessness yet the crisis keeps getting worse | Columns
California not only has the nation’s largest number of homeless people, but one of its highest rates of homelessness vis-à-vis…
OpenAI’s Sora and Hollywood’s artificial intelligence ‘matrix’
The threat of artificial intelligence to Hollywood’s status quo entered a new phase of reality earlier this month when OpenAI,…
CALMATTERS: Gavin Newsom’s new budget is already leaking red ink as revenues fall behind | Columns
While Gov. Gavin Newsom gallivants around the country as a campaign surrogate for President Joe Biden – and to burnish…
Taylor Swift Was "Lonely" While Writing 'Folklore'. | Arts & Entertainment | djournal.com
Entertainment News · Taylor Swift · Social Media · Us News · Betty · Celebrity … New York, North Carolina,…
CALMATTERS: California should not tolerate having so many children struggling to read | Columns
Of all the skills that children may acquire in school, none surpasses reading in importance. The ability to read and…
CALMATTERS: Community college bachelor’s degrees have been a win-win. California should offer more | Columns
Sixty-four years ago, California adopted a master plan for higher education that, among other things, set operational parameters for the…