Business
California posted another anemic month of job growth in April, and the state’s unemployment rate remained the highest in the land, at 5.3%.
Jobless claims dropped by 9,000 to 211,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
For the second month in a row, California posted the highest unemployment figure in the country. And it was one of only two states with a jobless rate above 5%.
Letters to the Editor
“California made a pact with the devil when it took the cheap way out and let private utilities be formed,” says a reader.
Climate & Environment
As Southern California Edison fights claims that it caused the deadly Eaton fire, the company is lobbying state regulators to have its customers cover more than $7 billion for damages it paid to the victims of two massive wildfires in 2017 and 2018.
U.S. stocks slipped after the Federal Reserve held its main interest rate steady and broke a run of cuts that began in September
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday made another cut in interest rates, but dialed back expectations for lowering rates in the near future.
Hollywood Inc.
Advertisers paid as much as $8 million for a commercial on the Big Game that keeps getting bigger.
World & Nation
President Trump’s transportation secretary is instructing his department to prioritize projects for states with higher marriage or birth rates.
California officials voted to let Southern California Edison raise electric rates to cover payments it made to victims of the 2017 Thomas wildfire.