The percentage of both lower- and upper-income households have increased in the same time frame.

Anyone shopping for a new car is likely waiting as CDK Global — a software provider to some 15,000 dealers — goes offline after debilitating cyberattacks.

May 2024’s increase was nearly double the industry’s average of 2,760 hires during 2015-19.

For many people, the lack of affordable child care is a barrier to joining the workforce.

If you have graduate debt and qualify for PAYE, consider applying before July 1, when PAYE will permanently close to new enrollment.

Gov. Newsom wants to pull funds earmarked for new investment in Medi-Cal to help plug California’s $45 billion deficit.

Over the past few years the biggest firms have been locked in a bitter talent war that has sparked conflict, litigation and retaliation; and contributed to at least one outfit going bankrupt.

The hiring pace was 15% above the region’s pre-pandemic job growth for the month.

California’s lofty home prices and scarce inventory already amounted to one of the most nightmarish housing markets in the US. Now, challenges securing and affording home insurance in the wildfire-prone state are making it even worse.

While the debate used to rage over “rent versus buy,” house payments for Orange County single-family homes now are well above rents at even the most posh apartment complexes.