Climate & Environment
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a plastic bag bill that will ban stores from offering heavyweight “reusable” plastic bags at the checkout line.
Sept. 22, 2024
World & Nation
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Tennessee from enforcing a law banning adults from helping minors get an abortion without parental permission.
Sept. 21, 2024
California
Huntington Beach, saying parents have a ‘right to know,’ seeks to block a state law shielding teachers from having to disclose students’ gender identity.
Sept. 18, 2024
Opinion
If Gov. Newsom vetoes SB 1047, the forces of anti-regulation — AI companies — will have little incentive to work on alternatives.
Sept. 19, 2024
Mariana Katzarova said the return home to Russia of former criminals who have had their legal slates wiped clean is adding to more domestic violence.
Ten years ago, California adopted a law to curb chronic overpumping of groundwater. Significant challenges remain, even as the state works toward its goals.
Sept. 17, 2024
It took two decades of patient, vigilant community organizing to open a prime piece of San Francisco Bay shoreline to the public in Richmond, Calif.
Sept. 20, 2024
Politics
Both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump touted support from law enforcement this week as crime remains a prominent issue in the presidential race.
Sept. 6, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law to reunite a Jewish family with an Impressionist painting looted by Nazis. The law was designed to reverse a recent court ruling.
Sept. 16, 2024
A new poll shows that California voters overwhelming support Proposition 36, sponsored by the California District Attorney’s Assn. The November ballot measure would increase punishment for theft and hard drug offenses and impose required treatment for repetitive criminal addicts.