Keeley Webster has covered the Bond Buyer's nine-state West Coast region for more than a decade. Prior to The Bond Buyer, she wrote about commercial real estate for the award-winning California Real Estate Journal until the paper folded. She moved into business reporting in 2000, but has covered politics, cops, courts, education and environmental issues for newspapers in seven different states. She has won several awards for her work, including an Associated Press award for in-depth reporting.
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The twin ports of Southern California, in Long Beach and Los Angeles, both reported record numbers this fall.
December 10 -
City Administrative Officer Richard Llewellyn recommended laying off nearly 1,000 police officers in a 144-page budget report.
December 7 -
A voter-approved $5.5 billion bond measure gives the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine a new lease on life.
November 24 -
Jennifer Johnston will replace Tom Walsh, who is retiring on Dec. 1.
November 23 -
Mike Pellicciotti, a Democratic state representative, unseated incumbent Duane Davidson. Both say they are working on a smooth transition.
November 19 -
California voters have approved a second infusion of bond funding for stem cell research.
November 13 -
Jeanne Holm, appointed by Mayor Eric Garcetti, will help guide the city government through its worst financial crisis in a decade.
November 9 -
As wildfires become more frequent and intense the reliability of state governments and FEMA to support affected local governments may change.
November 5 -
California may have turned a corner as it begins to recover from 2020's abundant challenges, say California Public Finance Conference panelists.
October 27 -