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In 'Ask a Mexican,' a politically incorrect OC Weekly columnist fields readers' frank questions. He's a wiseguy with a cultural objective.

Siyamak Khorrami, host of the successful “California Insider” audio/video podcast and editor of the Southern California edition of The Epoch Times, explores the unprecedented mass exodus of California and its root cause in his new documentary, LEAVING CALIFORNIA: The Untold Story, an Epoch Original production. In the 70-minute feature-length film that premieres tomorrow (4/21) on LeavingCAmovie.com, Khorrami takes viewers on an intimate journey…

Californias Cautionary Clean Energy Authored by Rea S. Hederman, Jr. & Will Swaim via RealClear Wire, California’s headlong rush to replace its electricity…

California’s headlong rush to replace its electricity grid with renewable energy has given the rest of the country a preview of the decarbonized future that President Biden and his revived Clean Power Plan envision for America. It isn’t pretty.

California’s fiscal wildfire is here. The flames are licking the highest levels of the state capitol in Sacramento. The flames surround the Democrat super majority-run legislature....

Another Californian is about to fail up, as Julie Su will take over as Labor Secretary.

Legislation that would have enacted minimum standards for wages, working hours and work conditions across the fast food industry fell short of passing the state Assembly last year by just three votes. Some hope the bill becomes law during this year's legislative session.

Amid growing awareness of inequality and jobs that don’t pay enough to cover child care and housing, California is considering a radical proposal: Allow the state to negotiate wages, hours and work conditions for an entire industry.

As union representation has bottomed out in some of the country’s lowest-paid industries, a group of California lawmakers and labor leaders are pushing to test a version of sectoral bargaining, a labor strategy common in other high-income countries. Progressives are pushing for a state-appointed council for the fast food industry to set wages and work conditions, which have historically been negotiated privately between employers and worker unions.

In Sacramento, a union-backed Democratic proposal would establish a state-appointed council to enact industry-wide minimum standards for wages, working hours and work conditions.