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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Los Angeles alone reported more than 500 mudslides from a storm that deluged the city for days.
February 9 -
Jackie Wells, a former FINRA enforcement director, is the second leader from the industry's self-regulating body to join the firm in recent months.
February 7 -
A congressional hearing last week underscored the risk of havoc-based cyberattacks, particularly from China, said Hilltop's Tom Kozlik.
February 5 -
Fitch Ratings downgraded the private-activity bonds supporting LAX's people mover bonds to junk, but said they could fall lower if the airport doesn't reach an agreement on delay concessions.
February 2 -
California voters will weight a $6.4 billion bond measure in March that redirects money from an existing millionaire's tax supporting mental health programs.
February 2 -
Infrastructure, housing and recovery efforts from the deadly Maui wildfires in August were a focal point of Hawaii Gov. Josh Green's State of the State speech.
January 24 -
A California Department of Water Resources spokeswoman said the department is considering an appeal of the Superior Court judge's decision.
January 22 -
VTA's auditor general dinged project managers for misleading communications and a "breach of transparency" regarding cost overruns and delays on the $12.2 billion San Jose extension of a Bay Area Rapid Transit line.
January 19 -
Altadena, California-based Episcopal Communities & Services for Seniors was able to sell bonds through a treasurer's conduit thanks to the new state law.
January 19 -
In its take on the governor's proposed budget, the Legislative Analyst's Office lowered its own deficit projection, but called the governor's revenue projections "optimistic."
January 16