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Calif. lawmakers kill bill that would fine social media firms for hooking kids
A bill eyeing to reign in the addictive nature of social media apps failed after heavy opposition from Silicon Valley powerhouses.
Author pulls support after Assembly strips legalization of psychedelic drugs
Despite some key tweaks, the bill to legalize certain drugs – including LSD – is set for a big vote on the Assembly floor.
Report: Antifa-aligned Sacramento teacher paid $190k by district to resign
A six-figure golden handshake between a Sacramento school district and an Antifa-aligned teacher who claimed his job was to turn students "into revolutionaries" was released Tuesday.
In surprise move, GEICO sheds offices throughout Golden State
One of California's major insurance companies appears to be bringing in-person operations in the state to a grinding halt.
Calif. Supreme Court chief justice won’t run for second 12-year term
Appointed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the California Supreme Court’s chief justice said Wednesday that she will not seek a second 12-year term.
Calif. labor group gets two additions: AB5 author as boss, UFW as member
California's largest labor lobby is hoping to give the battered United Farmworkers a leg-up, despite less-than-friendly relations with Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Audit: Calif. bureaucrats don’t move fast enough to clean up water for Valley towns
Nearly 1 million Californians receive unsafe drinking water from their taps – most of it in the Central Valley – and state officials aren't acting fast enough.
Truckers hate AB5. Now, they’ve shut down a Calif. port to protest it.
The controversial California labor is crushing small, independent trucking companies. Now, truckers are bringing a stop to port operations in northern California.
Patterson calls for state audit into Bonta’s CCW data breach
“I don’t trust them,” Asm. Jim Patterson said of Attorney General Rob Bonta and California's Department of Justice. “And that’s why I think we have to have an audit.”
Calif. set aside $115mil for free college textbooks. This top bureaucrat is holding it up.
More than a year after California lawmakers OK'd the nine-figure sum for textbooks, it remains unspent.
