Hollywood's Production Slide and the $750 Million Bid to Reverse It
California doubled its film and TV tax credit as on-location shooting hit record lows. Here is how the economics actually work.
Business
The California economy: technology, entertainment, agriculture, ports and the small businesses in between.
Almonds Built the Central Valley Economy. Water Is Redrawing It
California grows most of the world's almonds, but groundwater rules and export markets are reshaping the orchards.
The San Pedro Bay Ports Move a Third of the Country's Containers
How the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach turn container counts into California paychecks.
How California's Unemployment Insurance System Actually Works
Claims, base periods, and the long-stuck $450 maximum: a plain guide to the EDD's unemployment insurance mechanics.