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California’s first commercial carbon-storage project is operating even though the state has yet to adopt rules required by law, 19 months after a key deadline.

Brain sensors are advancing, and California companies, lawmakers and unions are jockeying to shape how the resulting data can be used.

California legislators want to get a jump on regulating brain implants and sensors, as fears that neurotechnology could be exploited by employers to read workers’ minds without direct consent grow among critics, writes CalMatters’ Khari Johnson. Neurotech systems such as brain implants and sensors gather information using computer chips embedded in the brain or sensors…

he national top 10 only captures ZIPs in the red-hot Northeast and Midwest, so to get a fuller picture of where buyer demand is concentrated, we pulled the hottest ZIP code in every state — limiting the list to one ZIP per metro area to avoid a single large metro (like New York or Chicago)…

Los recortes en Medi-Cal agravarán la situación de los hospitales que ya operan con pérdidas. La consecuencia: menos servicios y mayores costos también para quienes tienen seguro privado.

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If Californians harbor doubts about their elections, the process needs to be repaired. A former California secretary of state says that’s why he’s backing Prop. 39.

Prop. 39 is a redundant proposal that will only make it harder for all voters to participate in future elections, argues a civic engagement advocate.

Medi-Cal cuts will strain hospitals already operating at a loss. The fallout: fewer services and higher costs for the privately insured too.

Even with higher CalPERS earnings, upping pensions for public safety employees would cost the state and local governments $4.8 billion more.