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
Business
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara bars insurers from canceling the policies of 750,000 homeowners affected by the Airport, Bridge and Line fires.
Sept. 20, 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
L.A. Sheriff’s Department announces policy it says will ban deputy gangs, hate groups
Sept. 18, 2024
Housing & Homelessness
Residents alleged pervasive problems within the building, including mold, vermin, plumbing and electrical issues that they said the foundation failed to fix.
Sept. 17, 2024
Huntington Beach, saying parents have a ‘right to know,’ seeks to block a state law shielding teachers from having to disclose students’ gender identity.
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
Ten years ago, California adopted a law to curb chronic overpumping of groundwater. Significant challenges remain, even as the state works toward its goals.
The visit comes after at least eight seaborne migrants died off the French coast over the weekend, trying to cross the English Channel.
Sept. 16, 2024
Politics
The vice president has learned a lot from her boss but brings her own well-stocked quiver of global ideas.
Sept. 10, 2024