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Orange, CA - November 01: Three ambulances are parked in front of the emergency room at Children's Health of Orange County (CHOC), which is busy handling child respiratory cases in a surge that caused an OC medical emergency. Photo taken in Orange Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. The Orange County Health Officer issued a Declaration of Health Emergency in Orange County due to rapidly spreading virus infections causing record numbers of pediatric hospitalizations and daily emergency room visits. Also, a Proclamation of Local Emergency has been declared, which allows the County to access State and Federal resources to address the situation and seek mutual aid from surrounding counties.(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Fed up with high prices, California weighs penalties against hospitals, other entities

California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits.

With the midterm election three months away, the Trump administration is facing pressures from the war in Iran, high cost of groceries and fuel, as well as the impact tariffs have had on the economy.

Trump running out of options to fix inflation, economic woes before election, experts say

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2018, file photo, the Cisco logo appears on a screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. California regulators have sued Cisco Systems for discriminating against an engineer at the company's headquarters because he is a Dalit Indian. India’s caste system has long placed Dalits at the bottom of a social hierarchy. California's lawsuit says Cisco broke the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Cisco to lay off more than 400 workers in California

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 04: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on June 04, 2026 in New York City. Stocks opened mixed, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq falling while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 500 points after dropping 600 points at the previous day's close. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Why tech stocks are getting hammered

FILE - A large banner is seen at a campaign event for a proposed "billionaires tax" in Los Angeles on Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

California labor union offers to scale back billionaire tax proposal after pushback

L.A. port traffic rises in April despite trade disruption, higher fuel costs

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