California Today: California Today: Weighing a Response on Internet Privacy

April 20, 2017 Mike McPhate CALIFORNIA TODAY Good morning. (Want to get California Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.) President Trump this month signed a resolution to undo internet privacy rules that would have kept companies like AT&T and Comcast from...

California Today: California Today: Thwarting the Tobacco Tax

April 18, 2017 Mike McPhate CALIFORNIA TODAY Good morning. (Want to get California Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.) The idea behind a recent tax increase on cigarettes in California was to nudge more smokers to quit: Hit them hard enough in the wallet, and...

California Today: California Today: GoPros, Audiobooks and Other Perks of the Library

April 14, 2017 Mike McPhate CALIFORNIA TODAY Good morning. (Want to get California Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Too few Californians take advantage of one of the great perks of simply being a resident. The humble library card. At libraries across the...

California Today: California Today: Reasons to Love Fresno

April 12, 2017 Mike McPhate CALIFORNIA TODAY Good morning. (Want to get California Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Complaining about the cost of living is a favorite pastime in California. An exodus has led in large part to Texas, according to an analysis...