Tag: California
California governor ends Legislative session with vetoes
ADAM BEAM
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California's Democratic governor ended the Legislative session on Sunday by rejecting expansions of full-day kindergarten programs and paid...
Law gives child sex assault victims more time to file suits
ADAM BEAM
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California is giving childhood victims of sexual abuse more time to decide whether to file lawsuits, joining several...
Governor signs measure banning ‘lunch shaming’
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California's governor has signed into law a bill that guarantees all students a state-funded meal of their choice, even if their...
Governor signs bill limiting oil, gas development
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed a law intended to counter Trump administration plans to increase oil and gas production...
California power outages highlight economic disparity
CATHY BUSSEWITZ
AP Business Writer
When the nation's largest utility warned customers that it would cut power to nearly 2 million people across Northern California,...
California to end its use of private, for-profit prisons
DON THOMPSON and AMY TAXIN
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California will ban the use of for-profit, private detention facilities, including those under contract to the...
California outlines ways to comply with upcoming privacy law
RACHEL LERMAN
AP Technology Writer
Companies must notify California residents of their data privacy rights in plain language and must verify people's identities before releasing...
California voters may be asked to steer homeless to services
KATHLEEN RONAYNE
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California voters could decide next year whether to create new county courts to steer homeless people to mental...
As police and firefighter numbers fall, officials urge prep
By JAKE GOODRICK, BRIGETTE WALTERMIRE, NATALIE ANDERSON and CHRISTIAN GRAVIUS
CARSON (AP) — With natural disasters increasing in frequency and intensity, first responders are finding...
A win comes through for homeowners
In a big win for California homeowners, the state Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings that direct the state to return $331 million it...