Prudent Budget Proposal Keeps Key Commitments, No Tax Hikes – CalChamber
Governor Gavin Newsom released his revised budget last Friday, revealing a larger revenue shortfall, higher estimated safety net spending, but even so not a fiscal emergency. The combined revenue shortfall plus higher expenditures resulted in a $31.5 billion gap from...
Hard to beat wine and jazz on sunny Saturday afternoon – HMB Review
It was shortly before noon when the first brassy notes — from a Half Moon Bay High School ensemble — cut the Saturday morning air. The sound coming from the Main Stage was so clean and so clear it seemed to blow the fog back from whence it came. The Half Moon Bay Wine...El Niño Is Coming: What It Means for CA Weather – San Jose Mercury News
El Niño conditions — the warming of ocean waters off South America that can alter weather across the globe, including California’s summer temperatures and the amount of rain it might receive next winter — are emerging in the Pacific Ocean for the first time in 4...
US Wholesale Price Data for April Points to Easing Inflation Pressures – Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States rose modestly last month, the latest sign that inflationary pressures may be easing more than a year after the Federal Reserve unleashed an aggressive campaign of steadily higher interest rates. From March to...