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3 weeks ago | 
politico.com | Chase DiFeliciantonio |Christine Mui
The Trump-Musk beef puts Silicon Valley in an awkward position as it navigates the president’s tech and trade policies. The cautious rhetoric from some tech leaders underscores the delicate balance still in play between the industry and President Donald Trump. | Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP SAN FRANCISCO — The roiling spat between Elon Musk and Donald Trump that erupted Thursday hasn’t opened the floodgates for other tech world elites to start bashing the president — yet.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Chase DiFeliciantonio |Christine Mui
SAN FRANCISCO — The roiling spat between Elon Musk and Donald Trump that erupted Thursday hasn’t opened the floodgates for other tech world elites to start bashing the president — yet. Thousands of miles away from Washington, Silicon Valley leaders gathered for a tech conference in San Francisco instead tiptoed around direct questions about White House policies and hurried to offer praise where they could.
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3 weeks ago | 
politico.com | Christine Mui
Donald Trump’s megabill has attracted the rebuke of typical allies and opponents alike. California's governor backed Elon Musk in criticizing Donald Trump's megabill. | Francis Chung/POLITICO SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov.
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1 month ago | 
politico.com | Christine Mui
Rob Bonta previously helped launch the first state challenge to the president’s trade policies. California’s top attorney, Rob Bonta, has emerged as a leader of the blue state’s Trump resistance, launching or joining numerous lawsuits against White House policies.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Christine Mui
SAN FRANCISCO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Friday he’s prepared to sue if appropriate to defend the state’s companies like Apple after President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on the iPhone maker unless it moves production fully to the U.S.“We definitely will assess our potential role,” Bonta said in response to a question from POLITICO at a San Francisco press conference.
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1 month ago | 
politico.com | Christine Mui |Chase DiFeliciantonio
The deal was hailed as a landmark arrangement that could set a precedent for other states seeking to prop up struggling newsrooms decimated by lost advertising revenues as readers turn to aggregation sites such as Google News. Those concerns have been particularly acute in California, where outlets like the Los Angeles Times, the state’s largest newspaper, have seen mass layoffs in recent years.
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1 month ago | 
politico.com | Tyler Katzenberger |Christine Mui
Google, for now, will drop its 2025 contribution to a fund to support local newsrooms to $10 million from $15 million, matching California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s rollback in his latest state budget plan. A sign is displayed on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, California, on Sept. 24, 2019. | Jeff Chiu/AP SACRAMENTO, California — A landmark deal to funnel millions of dollars into California newsrooms risks being downsized after Gov.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Tyler Katzenberger |Christine Mui
SACRAMENTO, California — A landmark deal to funnel millions of dollars into California newsrooms risks being downsized after Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed funding cuts and Google, the initiative’s main corporate partner, slashed a third of its original commitment on Wednesday. Google, for now, will drop its 2025 contribution to the program to $10 million from $15 million.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Christine Mui |Tyler Katzenberger
SACRAMENTO, California — Gavin Newsom based much of his latest budget presentation around distinguishing himself from Washington, blaming the “Trump slump” from tariffs in part for the state’s $12 billion deficit and knocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. But there was less daylight between the California governor and the president when it came to his embrace of the Golden State’s prized tech sector.
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2 months ago | 
politico.com | Tyler Katzenberger |Christine Mui |Chase DiFeliciantonio
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference in Los Angeles, Sept. 25, 2024. | Eric Thayer/AP — The CPPA’s automation fight has national — and international — spectators. — What problem is World(coin) trying to solve? Its founders spell out the plan. — Uber plans to move into Waymo’s SoCal robotaxi territory. Welcome to California Decoded! You’ve made it to Friday. Send feedback, tips and story ideas to .
