California
Senate Bill 976 could inspire legal action by social media companies, which argued the legislation ‘unconstitutionally burdens’ access to content.
Sept. 20, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of housing bills that tweak a number of existing laws to boost the supply of housing, including income-restricted units.
Sept. 19, 2024
Opinion
If Gov. Newsom vetoes SB 1047, the forces of anti-regulation — AI companies — will have little incentive to work on alternatives.
Letters to the Editor
A beekeeper of 40 years says PETA’s insistence that harvesting surplus honey from beehives amounts to theft ignores the science of food production.
Sept. 17, 2024
Climate & Environment
The governor has a chance to support rooftop solar, protect farmworkers from heat and dump plastic bags.
Hollywood Inc.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed bills that offer actors more AI protections and address AI-generated false content in political ads.
Lifestyle
In ‘The Morrison Game Factory,’ Lauren Bello created an affecting, story-driven tabletop game about an abandoned board game factory — a tale of love and loss.
Long Beach is rolling out a pilot program that will provide as many as 10 homeowners low- to zero-interest loans of up to $250,000 to build ADUs on their property. Those units would then be rented out to lower-income individuals or families.
Jim Clark secretly directed other attorneys to orchestrate a class-action lawsuit so that claims over a botched DWP billing system could be settled on terms favorable to the city, State Bar prosecutors allege.
Sept. 14, 2024
World & Nation
Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a vote on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months.
Sept. 11, 2024