Liliana Michelena

Low-income students say it’s unfair to lose funds they’ve worked hard for and need to pay for soaring living costs. State lawmakers agreed.

A bill before Gov. Gavin Newsom would force prosecutors to seek a judge’s approval to introduce rap lyrics to a jury.

The Medi-Cal assisted living program for low-income seniors is overwhelmed with demand, leaving some families waiting years to get in.

Five of the six bills that the governor pushed at the last minute were approved by the Legislature. But one ambitious one fails.

Smashing old TVs, monitors and laptops in ‘rage rooms’ may release hazardous waste or potentially harm customers’ health, state officials say

Patient data will be shared among California health providers under a new state requirement that takes effect next year.

The bill would establish a unit within Cal/OSHA to prosecute perpetrators who force vulnerable people into jobs with little or no pay.

California is requiring unemployment recipients to prove their work history. Some experts say the poor should get a pass.

South San Francisco this month sent out the first $500 monthly checks to around 150 low-income families to spend however they see fit.

As California opens back up, people are rejoining the workforce. But for mothers, economic recovery may not kick in until school returns.

The state’s highest court now says judges must consider a defendant’s ability to pay, but mass inmate release unlikely.

The pandemic is accelerating the process, but it’s also automating jobs like packers, salespersons, product demonstrators and even waiters.

“I got stuck in my luxury apartment,” said CJ Paillant, who stayed to avoid a fee for breaking his lease but has since moved to West Oakland.

Cal/OSHA is significantly undercounting the number of people across the state who’ve fallen seriously ill with the coronavirus.

The U.S. was absent from Oxfam’s report’s section highlighting measures fighting pandemic-induced inequality.

Despite a grim economy, applications for new business licenses are on the rise: 442,324 were filed in 2020, a 21.7% increase from the year before.

Rental prices in the Bay Area are not dropping for everyone. That’s because the really good deals are happening at the top of the market.

The difference between those who can work from home and those who can’t is creating a new divide in the midst of the economic crisis.

Wealthier residents of San Francisco, San Jose and even Los Angeles are flooding markets from Redding to the Central Valley, hitting each suburb in between.

The moratoriums dealt with eviction for nonpayment of rent, not with new owners who raised the rent an untenable amount.