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In this Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, a ride share car displays Lyft and Uber stickers on its front windshield in downtown Los Angeles. A California appeals court ruled March 13, 2023, that a voter-backed initiative exempting Uber and Lyft from a key provision of state employment law is constitutional, a reversal of a lower court decision that marks a win for the ride-hailing giants.

California court rules for Uber, Lyft in ride-hailing case

A California appeals court has ruled companies like Uber and Lyft do not have to treat their drivers as employees.

Longtime San Diego Union-Tribune opinion editor Laura Castañeda speaks to KPBS. June 17, 2025.

San Diego journalists brace for impact on community after sale of news institution

Former employees of the San Diego Union-Tribune are worried about the effects of the newspaper's sale. Staff have already been warned about looming budget cuts.

Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, the former lover and business partner of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif. on Dec. 7, 2022.

Ramesh 'Sunny' Balwani is sentenced to nearly 13 years for his role in Theranos fraud

A jury found Elizabeth Holmes' former business and romantic partner guilty in July on all 12 felony counts of defrauding Theranos investors and the patients that used the company's faulty blood tests.

Vendors sell various goods to shoppers at "the Thieves' Market" in Baghdad.

The U.S. told them terrorists killed their brother. It was a lie they held for years

In 2004, a U.S. general told the family of an Iraqi interpreter that insurgents killed their brother. The truth was more painful: He was mistakenly killed by Americans he had risked his life to help.

Hospice provides vital end-of-life support and palliative care to terminally ill patients. But it's costing Medicare billions. A new approach would eliminate waste in the program.

Medicare tests a solution to soaring hospice costs: Let private insurers run it

The end-of-life benefit costs billions a year. A new approach aims to eliminate waste and weed out bad actors, while making the care more inviting to those who most need it.

The White House team of lawyers, strategists and veterans of Capitol Hill meets regularly in the Secretary of War suite inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

As Republicans start investigating Biden, the White House war room is ready to fight

House Republicans are investigating everything from the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan to the business dealings of the president's son. Here's how the White House is gearing up.

The Mexico, United States and California flags are positioned on the front grill of a lowrider, May 27, 2022.

Organizers cancel lowrider Cruise Nights in National City over proposed costs

Cruise nights are coming to an end in National City, for now. Organizers said they can’t afford the proposed costs for each lowrider cruise.

Carrie Kissell spent nearly three months on a sailboat after Airbnb told her she could live and work anywhere. "When the work day was over, I'd close my laptop and you know, go snorkeling," she says.

Airbnb let its workers live and work anywhere. Spoiler: They're loving it

Airbnb says its Live and Work Anywhere policy is all about winning the global war for talent. A year in, the company and its workers are reaping all sorts of added benefits.

No trespassing sign on a temporary construction wall in front of the 101 Ash Street building, June 29, 2021.

San Diego settles over 101 Ash deal; DA files criminal charges

City Attorney Mara Elliott encouraged the city to accept the deal, describing it as an "excellent result and an indisputable victory for the city."

Stacks of $100 bills in this undated photo.

San Diegans have until Nov. 30 to claim tax refunds from county

Refunds owed could be a result of overpaid taxes or from other instances in which individual and organizations are doing business with or receiving services from the county.

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