Elias: Political vultures circle as fires burn
Like vultures sensing fresh carrion, some politicians began moving in with false information and nonsensical claims even as the flames of California’s most damaging fire...
California Focus
Elias: Voting decline signals discontent
When Gov. Gavin Newsom looks out over the state Legislature while giving his still unscheduled state of the state speech sometime in the next few...
Commentary: New insurance law will work — for the companies
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Elias: Newsom hasn’t let California get bullied
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Elias: State utilities show clout — again
Anyone who believes the last few years’ spate of ultra-destructive wildfires has diminished the clout of California’s biggest privately owned electric companies will now have...
Elias: Will Trump’s raids hit state economy?
There seems to be no question that President-elect Trump will follow through on his campaign commitment to conduct the largest-ever series of raids aiming to...
Elias: Pricey coastal real estate? Look inland
Not many places could take a 5% drop in their median home price and still remain the most expensive ZIP code in America for real...
Elias: Money one factor in the making of the next veep
An old saying tells us “no one votes for the vice president in a presidential election, just for the president.” But the quick ascension of...
Elias: State seesaws back to tough on crime
Crime has been a seesaw issue in California for most of the last 40 years. Leniency was the vogue for a while recently. But now...
GOP missing so far in governor’s race
It’s easy to criticize the field now running for California governor, an office now occupied by perhaps the ultimate lame duck — Gavin Newsom. One...
Elias: Blame for housing prices misplaced
No one who has looked at multiple listings of homes for sale anywhere in this country can doubt there’s a price crisis. That’s especially true...
Elias: The strong faculty link to pro-Hamas demonstrations
More than 80% of Americans favor Israel over the Palestinian Hamas terror group in their ongoing conflict. Among college-age Americans, more than 57% favor Israel....
Elias: Confusion, contradiction on gas price gouging
At every level of government, there are times when it seems the left hand has no clue what the right hand is doing. Nov. 8...
Elias: Solano County plan could have changed how California develops
A measure allowing voters in Solano County this fall to approve — or not — a vast new development about 45 miles northeast of San Francisco...
Lara, Newsom appear bent on enriching insurance companies
From the way they’re acting, it’s clear Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara believe they have no choice other than caving in...