News Reporter

Garrett Leahy

With its former structural engineer in prison and one of the property owners dead, a century-old movie theater’s future is unknown.

In vetoing the bill, the California governor said the program would create an “unfunded mandate.”

Newsom’s $297 billion state budget includes cuts and delays to transit investments at a precarious moment for local agencies. 

Average bills swelled 56% over the past three years, and the utility is on track for a record financial performance.


Officials said little about the deceased, citing privacy laws, but patient advocates said their deaths were caused by “transfer trauma.”