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Startups & Venture
Meet the venture capital and crypto billionaires quietly bankrolling the fight against California’s wealth tax
By Mia OsmonbekovAugust 18, 2026
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Politics
California’s billionaires just poured $40 million into blocking a wealth tax that threatens to force them to pay 5% of their net worth
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezAugust 18, 2026
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Economy
‘Only idiot startup founders stay in Cali’: Mark Cuban rips billionaire tax—and opens a rift inside the Democratic Party
By Joshua HongAugust 17, 2026
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North America
Google cofounder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses
By Sasha RogelbergAugust 11, 2026
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Environment
Jackie the Bald Eagle, social media star of California for a decade, leaves ‘heartbroken’ fans behind with her death
By The Associated PressAugust 11, 2026
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Environment
Global wildfire surge hits U.S., propelled by rising temperatures
By Bloomberg, Brian K. Sullivan, Leslie Kaufman and Todd WoodyAugust 10, 2026
California mints the most billionaires. A new index ranks it dead last on the freedom to give to charity
Personal Finance
California mints the most billionaires. A new index ranks it dead last on the freedom to give to charity
By Sydney LakeAugust 6, 2026
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North America
Gavin Newsom has been earning up to $2 million per year since 2022, records show
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressAugust 1, 2026
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Arts & Entertainment
LeBron James joins California’s billionaire exodus, but he may not escape the wealth tax
By Nick LichtenbergJuly 27, 2026
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Politics
Nearly 150,000 California mail ballots rejected in June primary, a record high thanks to late-arriving ballots
By The Associated Press and MIchael R. BloodJuly 24, 2026
California Republican’s awkward pitch: vote for me even if you hate Trump
Banking
California Republican’s awkward pitch: vote for me even if you hate Trump
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressJuly 23, 2026
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Politics
Trump admin deferring $1 billion-plus Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota amid ‘suspected fraud’
By The Associated Press and Ali SwensonJuly 22, 2026
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Success
Larry Page and Sergey Brin splash $225 million in Miami property as billionaires flee California’s tax—and Google is expanding its office there too
By Emma BurleighJuly 22, 2026
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Commentary
We got California to intervene about OpenAI’s corporate switch from nonprofit status. It’s time for the SEC to come to the table
By Orson Aguilar and Catherine BracyJuly 22, 2026
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Law
Judge halts Paramount-Warner’s $81 billion merger for two weeks after states warn it would ‘extinguish competition’
By The Associated Press and Wyatte Grantham-PhilipsJuly 20, 2026
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Success
A dropout living in a trailer, he got $1 million from Peter Thiel at 19—now he's a billionaire who says the American Dream isn't deadplaceholder alt text
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 18, 2026
Energy
U.S. strategic reserves are getting so low the drawdown threatens to damage the 60 underground salt caverns storing American oilplaceholder alt text
By Sasha RogelbergAugust 17, 2026
Success
Billionaire Gen Zer dropped out of high school to launch his startup at 17—now he’s the richest self-made 25-year-old in the U.K and all of Europeplaceholder alt text
By Emma BurleighAugust 17, 2026
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