Fact check: Did Gavin Newsom really help create 625,000 new job opportunities in California?
As a gubernatorial candidate in 2018, Gov. Gavin Newsom made a pledge to create 500,000 new apprenticeships in the decade ...
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California workforce fund targets programs solving problems
Child care centers throughout California struggled to find people with the right credentials to look after their babies, toddlers and ...
US job openings rose last month, though hiring slowed, in mixed picture for labor market
The number of job postings in the United States rebounded in October from a 3½ year low in September, a ...
Livestream, in-person retail hybrid first of its kind on Promenade
Priding itself on being a forward-thinking city, Santa Monica now has a leg up on the rest of the Western ...
California’s fast food workers got a $20 minimum wage, but is it working?
Every session of the California Legislature seems to produce at least one bill that generates high-octane political debate and media ...
Gas price drop silver lining within costly cosumer price report
Wednesday’s release of the Los Angeles area Consumer Price Index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed the feelings ...
City becomes first in U.S. to establish Bitcoin Office pilot program
Santa Monica is attempting to live up to its Silicon Beach tagline with a national first in digital currency. During ...
California is late on its own financial health report for the 6th straight year
California — a state whose officials love to tout it as the world’s fifth largest economy — is a year ...
‘Weak’ job market propped up by public money as private sector sheds jobs
Gains in public-sector and other jobs largely supported by public money have cloaked a dismal California labor market, which has ...
Marina tourism continues rebound despite inflation challenge
The rebound of Los Angeles tourism coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic is represented by a top local destination, which ...
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