November 24, 2020 | Nicole Nixon
The fraud allegations represent another black eye for the state’s unemployment department, which has been plagued by payment backlogs since the pandemic began.
November 24, 2020 | Nicole Nixon
The federal government’s COVID-19 relief package known as the CARES Act was approved in March, but some provisions like expanded unemployment benefits have been spent. Other protections will expire at the end of the year.
November 24, 2020
California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly gave an update Tuesday on COVID-19 in the state.
November 23, 2020
Watch California Gov. Gavin Newsom's update on the state's response to COVID-19.
November 21, 2020 | Scott Rodd
Pro-Trump demonstrators and Proud Boys gathered at the Capitol in downtown Sacramento and marched to Cesar Chavez Plaza, where they squared-off with counter-protesters.
November 21, 2020
Backed by the state’s attorney general and welcomed by labor advocates as better late than never, California’s new policy will start to hold businesses accountable for protecting their workers and mandate reporting outbreaks.
November 20, 2020 | Chris Nichols
The California State Auditor found the state wasted $2.7 billion in bond resources that could have spurred affordable housing construction.
California State Of MindEpisode 6
November 20, 2020
California is imposing stricter COVID guidelines — and a curfew — on nearly all residents. Nicole looks at how this will affect small business owners and their workers. Also: Elizabeth dismantles mainstream media notions of “the Latino vote.”
November 20, 2020 | Mike Hagerty
The new curfew for purple counties in California is now just one more challenge for local restaurants and businesses in the state. CapRadio’s Mike Hagerty spoke with Sacramento Business Journal’s Sonya Sorich about what this means for the industry.
November 19, 2020
Though the pandemic-induced recession hasn’t been as bad as expected, it is hitting the most vulnerable Californians hardest.
February 6, 2020
On this week’s Capitol Chat: an initiative to expand rent control in California has qualified for the November ballot, and childcare providers in California rallied at the Capitol and are mobilizing to unionize.
January 23, 2020
There have been more horse deaths at Santa Anita Park, five just since December 28, 2019. Uber is piloting a new pricing program allowing drivers to set rates at three airports. And we wait for the State of the State to be scheduled.
December 12, 2019
As the primaries approach, candidate visits to the Western US continue. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was just in California and Sen. Elizabeth Warren was in Reno. And we talk about the coming of the state’s individual mandate.
December 5, 2019
The California Legislature has refused CapRadio’s public records request for data on sexual harassment complaints, from January to the present. CapRadio’s Ben Adler shares his latest reporting and what this could mean for how accusations are handled
