Every Drop Counts: Urban Water Retailers and the Future of California Water Conservation

Beginning January 1, 2025, the “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” regulatory framework requires urban retail water suppliers — not individual households or businesses — to adopt a series of “urban water use objectives.” And beginning January 1, …

California’s New Climate-Related Disclosure Laws: Requirements, Compliance Costs, and Deadlines for Impacted Businesses

California is often the vanguard of climate-related policies and programs. From legislation requiring the state to reduce overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and procure electricity from renewable and carbon-free sources to the Cap-and-Trade Program and …

Supreme Court allows energy producers to sue over California gas car ban

The Supreme Court ruled that energy producers can sue the Environmental Protection Agency over its 2022 approval of California's strict vehicle emissions standards. The high court ruled 7-2 in favor of allowing a group of energy producers and royalty …

Supreme Court issues decisions on California's tailpipe emissions

The Supreme Court issued a decision in a case about California’s tailpipe emissions. Here & Now‘s Deb Becker speaks with Mark Joseph Stern. He covers the courts and the law as a senior writer for Slate. This article was originally published on WBUR.org …

California’s $2,850 Emergency Aid 2025 – Who Qualifies and How to Claim It

In response to rising living costs and inflation pressures, the state of California has approved a new $2,850 emergency assistance program for eligible low- and middle-income residents. This aid is intended to help families recover from economic challenges …

Appeals Court Rules Trump Lawfully Deployed National Guard to Los Angeles Despite California’s Objections

A US federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump acted within his legal authority when he deployed thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles, rejecting claims from California officials that he bypassed state control in an …

NASA planes to fly as low as 1,000 feet over Southern California in pollution study

Southern California’s quiet eldercare crisis is about to get loud

Sift through the California Department of Finance’s latest county and state population forecast and you’ll find a specific 10-year projection that unsettles many experts who work with, or advocate for, older people in Southern California. Over the next …

Ninth Circuit Strikes Down California "One-Gun-a-Month" Law

From today's opinion in Nguyen v. Bonta, written by Judge Danielle Forrest and joined by Judges John Owens and Bridget Bade: [The] "core Second Amendment right … 'wouldn't mean much' without the ability to acquire arms." Thus, we …

Authorities seize 300 kilos of meth in Baja California drug bust

Mexican security forces seized over 300 kilograms of methamphetamine in Tijuana, Baja California, and arrested a cartel figure linked to local violence. Security forces in Mexico made a major drug bust this week, seizing more than 300 kilos of …