Can America still build big? A California rail project raises doubts
The portion to Silicon Valley is still underfunded by at least $9 billion, and the governor’s comments have prompted deeper questions about America’s ability to...
Fires worsen a pervasive problem in California: housing
A small city’s worth of housing has been incinerated in California the past week — 8,760 homes destroyed in Butte County alone, north of Sacramento,...
In California, push for denser housing splits environmentalists
A bill that would allow eight-story buildings near major transit stops, even if local communities object, has riled some environmental groups despite its goal of...
San Diego fears loss of key employer, benefactor Qualcomm VIEW
With its profits sagging and a growing thicket of legal and regulatory disputes, Qualcomm has gone from a lion of the cellphone industry to a...
Self-driving trucks may be closer than they appear
Whenever self-driving trucks arrive, there will be economic ripples, affecting insurance premiums, truck stops, vocational schools and the roads themselves.
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Noncompete agreements spread, cutting off the right to a new job
The growth of noncompete agreements is part of a broad shift in which companies assert ownership over work experience as well as work.
They came to Tamarack to ski, and now they’re saving the Idaho resort
Instead of vacationing on Tamarack’s slopes, a group of part-time residents who bought homes and condos around the resort have spent the years since the...