California Film Commission Director Amy Lemisch says the tax break that lawmakers approved last year has attracted more than 70 productions to the state.
It’s already illegal to gab on a hand-held phone or text while driving in California. But one state lawmaker wants to make it even more expensive if you get caught.
Lawmakers are set to continue work on an emergency budget fix Tuesday. Monday was the deadline for the legislature to address the state’s fiscal crisis. Though they did meet that goal by sending the Governor several bills, they’re not finished yet.
When the creators of “The Threepenny Opera” launched the dark edgy musical in 1928, it became an underground hit with audiences in Berlin. A new revival in Sacramento harkens back to that original version.