by jpitney | Jan 15, 2026 | California Politics, Health, Homelessness
Ian Bradley at KTVU-TV: Berkeley city leadership issued a public health warning on Monday after animals in a homeless encampment tested positive for leptospirosis, a bacterial disease that can be fatal in dogs and humans. City staff discovered the disease was present...
by jpitney | Jan 14, 2026 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists, Los Angeles
James Rainey at LAT: L.A. Reported comes from another former Times opinion staffer, Karin Klein, and a Forbes journalist Scott Woolley. Starting this weekend, the founders intend to initially offer about one article per week. They will be “investigative pieces that...
by jpitney | Jan 13, 2026 | Budget, California Politics
From the California Legislative Analyst’s Office: Multiyear Budget Deficits Alarming. Both our office and the administration expect the state to face multiyear deficits, with estimates ranging from $20 billion to $35 billion annually. These deficits are...
by jpitney | Jan 12, 2026 | Economic Policy, Trade
After cogitating a bit on the December jobs data, I’m increasingly convinced that the job market is struggling, and the broader economy is fragile, in big part due to U.S. tariffs. There has been no job growth (and likely job declines after all the revisions are in),...
by jpitney | Jan 10, 2026 | Journalism, Mass Media, Newspapers
Joshua Benton at Nieman Lab: Pittsburgh is the 28th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. It has a proud history as a center of industry and has transitioned into a major hub for medicine, robotics, and academia. It’s home to 10 Fortune 500 companies — more...
