IRS says it won’t tax California’s Middle Class Tax Refund

The IRS said taxpayers won’t need to report California’s Middle Class Tax Refund as income on their 2022 return. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) Relax, Californians — the Middle Class...

Newsom unveils bill to protect California’s Joshua tree

A Joshua tree found along Highway 178 (Isabella Walker Pass Road near Highway 14) is viewed on November 14, 2022, near Inyokern, California. George Rose | Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom thi...

California’s Surging Energy Bills Are Its Own Fault

(Bloomberg) — A cold, rainy winter in California has exposed the challenges that can arise when a poster child for the clean energy transition isn’t fully ready to make the leap from fossil fuel...

Oxhead Alpha To Make California’s DMV Better With Blockchain

California will now verify car registrations and details through blockchain technology. Oxhead Alpha has shifted to Tezos blockchain for faster and cheaper service. Andrew Smith, president of Oxhead A...

At Least Seven Dead In California’s Second Major Mass Shooting Incident In Three Days

Topline At least seven people were killed across two locations in a mass shooting incident near the city of Half Moon Bay, California on Monday, the state’s second major mass shooting incident in just...

California’s New Fast-Food Employment Council Will Stifle Opportunity In The Golden State

McDonald’s is testing new ordering kiosks at a working restaurant at the company’s Oak Brook, … [+] Illinois headquarters. (Photo by Ralf-Finn Hestoft/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis...

Sam Bankman-Fried Backed Income Tax Hike To Appear On California’s 2024 Ballot

Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of FTX US Derivatives (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty … [+] Images) CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images California voters handily rejected Proposition 30, ...

California’s Almond Groves Shrink as Water Supply Dwindles

(Bloomberg) — California farms that supply 80% of the world’s almonds are shrinking for the first time in more than a quarter century as the state’s historic drought leads farmers to abandon orc...

Why California’s $46 Billion Wine Industry Is Better Prepared For Climate Change Than Some Of Its Competitors?

Sunset in the vineyards of Sonoma County, CA getty Climate change poses a significant threat for all of agriculture, but it has particularly disruptive potential for the wine industry. This is because...

California’s DFPI suspends this crypto lender’s license amid FTX fiasco 

FTX has left several associated platforms and projects facing the heat of the community since its bankruptcy. While the consequences were restricted to ethical and monetary terms, a new decision by th...

California’s gas-car phaseout brings turmoil to mom-and-pop gas stations

Gas station owner Charles Khalil believes a forthcoming mandate that all cars sold in the state be zero emission will imperil mom-and-pop operators such as himself. (Christina House / Los Angeles Time...

Southern California’s Notorious Container Ship Backup Ends

The backup of container ships off Southern California’s coast that was at the heart of U.S. supply chain congestion during the Covid-19 pandemic has effectively disappeared. The queue of ships waiting...

California’s Gasoline Price Blowout Is A Problem Of Its Own Making

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 18: California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference … [+] at the California justice department on September 18, 2019 in Sacramento, Californ...

California’s Financial Regulator Probes Nexo Over Crypto Interest Accounts Services

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced on Monday that it is joining forces with seven unmentioned state securities regulatory bodies to take action against t...

Governor Gavin Newsom Vetoes California’s ‘BitLicense’ Bill – crypto.news

On Friday, Gavin Newsom, the Governor of California, vetoed the state’s BitLicense bill for crypto licensing saying states need a more flexible approach toward crypto regulation. Governor Newsom Rejec...

Crypto Bill That Would Have Transformed Industry Vetoed by California’s Newsom

Text size California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday vetoed a bill that would have brought strong regulatio...

California’s Golden Gate University will educate students on blockchain and crypto

California-based Golden Gate University is set to offer blockchain and cryptocurrency education in collaboration with the decentralized web development-centered organization Filecoin Foundation.  The ...

How Clean Energy Kept California’s Lights On During A Historically Extreme Heat Wave

California’s power grid is on the forefront of two unavoidable trends: adding massive amounts of renewable energy and coping with extreme heat driven by climate change. The two-week September heat wav...

California’s Extreme Heat, Cooking With Lynja On Forbes Top Creators, And A Game-Changer For Fast-Food Workers

It may be back to school, but summer’s heat is far from over. Horrifying temperatures have been hitting California, particularly. In downtown Sacramento on Tuesday afternoon, a 100-year-old record was...

What California’s Ban On Gasoline Car Sales Means For Clean Tech

Getty Images Key takeaways The California gas car ban outlaws the sale of new gas-powered vehicles in or after 2035 The rule intends to push the state toward climate-friendlier transportation options ...

California’s Lithium Rush For EV Batteries Hinges On Taming Toxic, Volcanic Brine

The southeast tip of California’s Salton Sea is home to 11 geothermal power plants that turn hot volcanic brine into clean electricity. Getty Images The Salton Sea region has one of the world’s ...

California’s Battery-Powered EVs Could Increase Emissions

Willow Creek Bridge, Big Sur highway in California. getty Come 2035, California residents will have to shop elsewhere for new gasoline powered vehicles. On August 25, the California Air Resources Boar...

California’s Banning Gas Cars, Half A Billion For Better Energy & Amazon’s Green Hydrogen Bet

This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. getty On Thursday, the Department of Ener...

California’s DEPI Bans Celsius Securities Sales

California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has now issued a desist and refrain order against Celsius. As such, the bankrupt crypto lender will not be to continue the sale an...

California’s Largest Wildfire This Year Surpasses 50,000 Acres

Topline The McKinney fire that sparked in northern California late last week has spread to more than 50,000 acres and grown into the state’s largest wildfire so far this year, as climate change makes ...

California’s Financial Regulator Probes Firms Offering Crypto Interest Accounts

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) said in a recent publication that it is “actively investigating” companies offering crypto interest accounts to investors in the...

Modern Agriculture’s House Of Cards, Inside California’s Controversial Prop 13, And Why Private Label Is Having A Moment

As David Barber, a partner at agriculture and food investors Astanor Ventures, told me while reporting my latest feature, modern agriculture has been built on three key assumptions: cheap energy, free...

California’s gas average tops $6 per gallon as nationwide prices surge

High gas prices at stations in Garden Grove, California, on Monday, March 7, 2022. Jeff Gritchen | Medianews Group | Getty Images California’s state average for a gallon of gas has surged above ...

Gavin Newsom: California’s Governor Sign An Executive Order To Regulate Crypto In The State

The governor of California is signing an EO to work on enhancing and regulating blockchain technology in the state.  It would facilitate the state to leverage blockchain technology for the public...

California’s Governor Signs Executive Order To Regulate Blockchains ⋆ ZyCrypto

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp On Wednesday, California’s Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order aimed at fostering blockchain innovation in the state. Executive Order N-9...

California’s Executive Order On Crypto Can Propel Growth In The Industry

California Governor, Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order for state agencies to facilitate the federal government to create regulations for crypto. Tech investors and businesses have been lookin...

Electric vehicle demand spurs ‘white gold’ rush at California’s largest lake

The Salton Sea, California’s largest lake, is best known for increasing salinity and receding shoreline over the course of multiple decades that led to the health crisis and a massive die-off of...