Ian Choudri

The California High Speed Rail Authority CEO who took the helm of the overdue and over budget bullet train project a year ago gets encouraging signs from lawmakers and potential investors for his idea to pursue rail extensions to Los Angeles and the Bay Area alongside the current Central Valley segment work.

Home insurance customers

California’s effort to prod insurers to sell more policies and get homeowners in fire risk areas off the state’s pricey last-resort plan is progressing, but slowly, and higher premiums are likely in store after January’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires.

Kamala Harris

The former Democratic vice president who lost the 2024 presidential race to Republican Donald Trump forgoes a run for state governor that polls suggested she’d easily win, but leaves open possibility of a third run for president in 2028.