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While California voters narrowly rejected a statewide business property tax hike, they approved at least 173 local measures to raise taxes and borrow more money.

Voters have approved exempting the Midway District from San Diego's 30-foot coastal height limit, and property owners may now be enticed to redevelop their land. But don't expect revitalization to happen overnight.

With record cases and hospitalizations and newly rising deaths, experts wonder, will this surge ever slow down? Find out where the virus is hitting hardest and what is being done to stop it.

California voters have approved a makeover to the state's landmark 1978 law to limit property taxes. Prop. 19 allows homeowners 55 and older, the disabled and wildfire victims to carry low property tax rates with them when they move. But it also strips property tax breaks from people who inherit property.

California voters rejected a proposal to partially dismantle the state’s 42-year-old cap on property taxes, a move that would have raised taxes for many businesses in a pandemic-hobbled economy.

In the wake of election unrest, NPR wants to hear your hopes and ideas for moving forward as a nation.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, on Monday, signed two bills aimed at cracking down on doctors who write fraudulent medical exemptions for kids vaccines. Asm. Todd Gloria, D-San Diego, rolled out a last minute bill that aims to end a labor dispute over San Diego’s long-delayed Pure Water project. Asm. Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, AB5 seeks to make it harder for companies to classify employees as independent contractors, will that help or hurt gig workers? Plus, some San Diego college students and educators are getting free immigration legal services. And, “Kiss My Aztec!,” a new musical by actor John Leguizamo at the La Jolla Playhouse, uses humor to unpack the difficult period when Spaniards invaded the Aztec Empire in the 16th century. Also, despite protests from conservative groups, Chula Vista is moving forward with plans to host Drag Queen Story Hour on Tuesday.

Dr. Anthony Fauci was honored Tuesday as "a reassuring champion of science and reason" by the New York City borough of Brooklyn, where he was born and raised.

Amid high unemployment and hot weather, local workers are trying to patch together a living in the “gig” economy. Plus, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer speaks at the GOP convention at a resort in Indian Wells. Also, the Trump administration is challenging California and automakers on the state’s fuel emission standards, SANDAG approves prioritizing new homes near public transit and California approves new vaccine exemption rules.

At issue in the case is the rights of a city to enforce its anti-discrimination policies in contracting against the rights of religious groups.