In 2025, the 10 highest paid state employees in the Golden State were executives at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System. They made a ...

California is offering state government jobs that pay up to $47,000 a month — with the fattest paychecks going to pension ...

California’s booming economy is one of the world’s largest, but a peek behind the curtain exposes the forbidding reality of a ...

Why would Gov. Gavin Newsom undercut Tesla sales when the Fremont Tesla factory is a source of good manufacturing jobs in his state? (David Butow / For The Times) In contemporary California, home to ...

A few readers thought I was a tad harsh in a recent column that noted California had the nation’s slowest job growth in 2023. Yes, adding any number of jobs isn’t bad – but 154,000 new workers equals ...

California has a roughly 5.6% unemployment rate, compared to 4.4% for the rest of the country. The technology and entertainment sectors have been hit especially hard in the state. OAKLAND, Calif. - ...

California’s economy is suffering an extended pandemic hangover, as statewide job creation cooled 81% after coronavirus upended the business climate. My trusty spreadsheet, looking at state jobs data ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s constant reminders that California’s economy ”leads the nation” as well as being a model for social justice are delusional. To be sure, California has a huge GDP, paced largely by ...