California

The California Academy of Sciences refinanced debt used to build its facility.

Rudy Salo, a Nixon Peabody partner, discusses whether driverless cars will be a disruptive force in mass transit planning. Keeley Webster hosts.

The Central Basin Municipal Water District was downgraded three notches to Baa1 by Moody's, which assigns a negative outlook.

Moody's changed the outlook on its Aa3 rating to positive from stable.

The Fairfield-Suisun school district will use proceeds to modernize its schools.

Trustee UMB bank claimed the bond counsel's negligence prevented bondholders from achieving adequate recovery in bankruptcy.

Billionaire Tim Draper’s proposition to break California into three states won’t be on the ballot in November after a state Supreme Court ruling.

The tax proposal will appear on the county's November ballot.

Homeless advocacy groups collected enough signatures to qualify the measure for the November ballot.

California reported an $8.5 billion surplus in the budget passed last month.

Albert Reyes will work out of the firm’s Los Angeles and Irvine offices.

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Fitch Ratings affirmed its A-minus rating and positive outlook for toll revenue bonds issued for the South Bay Expressway.

The city's Public Utilities Commission is embarking on a $2.9 billion sewer upgrade plan.

The San Francisco-based broker-dealer is expanding its offerings into taxables, coinciding with an increase in issuance in that space.

City officials say the bond will help create new and preserve existing affordable housing in response to the shortage in the San Francisco Bay Area.

A plan costing up to $3 billion to replace Lindbergh Field's more t50-year-old Terminal 1 as well as redevelop lop other parts of the airport advanced this week with the release of a lengthy environmental analysis documenting potential impacts.

A large share of the refundings that saved the city hundreds of millions of dollars wouldn't be possible now that advance refundings are eliminated, a city official said.

Lakeport officials plan to equip city facilities with solar panels.

The city's voters will decide in November if it will establish the public bank.