The Latest Breaking News from California

Welcome to the Thursday, July 7, Brew. 

When the heat hits in California, public swimming pools become vital refuges for tens of thousands of families, many of modest means. But because of bureaucratic red tape and the aftermath of pandemic shutdowns, many pools statewide are confronting a labor pool problem — not enough lifeguards.

Several deadlines and extensions have come and gone under California's COVID-19 eviction moratorium.

AgroFresh Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:AGFS) has expanded its SmartFresh Inbox in California with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation's (CDPR) approval for new crops. SmartFresh InBox offers protection in a small, portable sachet, expanding the availability of SmartFresh technology for growers, packers, and retailers. SmartFresh (1-MCP) ethylene management technology delays the ripening process and…

Tax cuts and other reforms are coming to the California cannabis industry as authorities seek to revamp a system that businesses, growers and others say has been stymied by over-regulation.

WASHINGTON — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Independence Day Florida ad has vaulted him deep into the national conversation about the 2024 presidential race as Democrats on social media hail him as a tell-it-like-it-is stalwart.

During a rafting trip in the West, Angela Bean took a palm full of her son's ashes and spread them across rushing water. Her 27-year-old son, who died in a fatal fall from a pickup truck in 2015, had told her he wanted to donate his organs and be cremated.

A wildfire that triggered expanded evacuation orders may have been sparked by fireworks or a barbecue on the Fourth of July in a region that's a top tourism destination.

California’s water issues may be complicated. But the rainfall shortage driving the state’s current drought is basic math.