A new commercial tax aims to do something novel in California: provide child care financial aid for middle-class families and set a minimum wage of $28 an hour for early education teachers.
Gov. Gavin Newsom sought to take some of the sting out of high gasoline prices by sending millions of Californians a tax refund. But a number of people are reporting that thieves have taken all or part of the money the state sent them on a prepaid card.