Without Social Security, millions of Americans would be living below the poverty line. With it, many don't -- even though the ...

You’ll need to make substantially more than minimum wage to afford basic necessities in California, data show.

The Social Security program undergoes a series of revisions each year to ensure benefit payments keep pace with inflation and ...

By now, all seniors on Social Security should have gotten their first checks for 2025. With the latest 2.5% cost-of-living ...

California’s Democratic-dominated Assembly has endorsed up to $50 million in funding to defend the state’s progressive ...

As insurers flee California's market and damages reach $50 billion, the ripple effects are about to hit home insurance ...

Before a wildfire ravaged their street in northwest Altadena, Louise Hamlin and Chris Wilson lived next door to each other in nearly identical houses.

The Ruiz family moved from San Bernardino to San Antonio in September after the Line Fire destroyed everything in their ...

We might already be in the second month of 2025 but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a lot of cost of living and social welfare changes from Budget 2025 that have still to come around ...

Some retirees find themselves going back to work. Rising financial costs force some people back to work, while others still ...