San Rafael’s Canal On The Brink In Billion-Dollar Fight With Rising Seas
A City of San Rafael feasibility study lays out three expensive paths to shield the Canal — walls, a tidal gate or land‑raising — and urges quick fixes to buy time.
Bonta Puts Big Retail Under The Microscope In Secretive 'Surveillance Pricing' Crackdown
California’s attorney general has launched a statewide sweep into “surveillance pricing,” asking retailers, grocers and hotels to explain whether they use personal data to set individual prices. The inquiry will examine disclosures and pricing experiments under the CCPA.
Wildfire Coverage Bombshell Rocks Incline Village Homeowners
AB 376 lets Nevada insurers separate wildfire coverage from homeowners policies, pushing fire protection into a separate, potentially pricey product for Tahoe homeowners.
From Dust to Dollars: Central Valley Farmers Bet Big on Giant Solar Sea
Westlands approved a plan to repurpose roughly 136,000 acres for solar and storage, promising jobs and revenue for drought-hit farmers while raising community and environmental concerns.
Bishop Ranch Shake-Up Turns San Ramon Office Park Into 8,400-Home Bet
Sunset Development wants to convert Bishop Ranch into a walkable neighborhood with roughly 8,400 homes; several projects — including AvalonBay and Eden Housing — are already moving forward.
Amazon Axes 16,000 Office Jobs, Bay Area Squads Brace for Impact
Amazon will eliminate about 16,000 corporate roles and give most U.S. staff 90 days to seek internal positions. The cuts follow October layoffs and could touch Bay Area teams.
Ghost Students Haunt California Campuses As Aid Scammers Cash In
Fraud rings are using stolen identities and AI to enroll "ghost students," siphoning federal aid and filling classes; new federal ID checks and vendor tools aim to stop it.
Pre‑Dawn Inferno on West Lane Leaves Angwin Hillside Home in Ruins
A two‑story West Lane home in Angwin was nearly destroyed in an early‑morning blaze; Cal Fire says the cause is under investigation and no injuries were reported.












