Politics
California lawmakers reach deal to tweak childhood sex abuse law — but rebuff damage caps
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers said Thursday that they plan to make “modest” changes to a controversial law that gave victims of childhood...
State lawmakers pass bills to punish unethical lawyers, limit hedge funds that influence cases
A bipartisan package of bills aimed at punishing unethical attorneys and hedge funds that have flourished within California’s legal industry...
California legislature passes bill to track use of ‘forever chemicals’ by farms
SACRAMENTO — The California legislature passed a bill Wednesday that would require the state to track the use of pesticides that contain...
Insurance executives warn Newsom plan to shift utility wildfire liability would raise premiums
Insurance company executives warned Gov. Gavin Newsom in a letter Wednesday that his plan to shift utility wildfire liability to...
California moves to outlaw disposable vapes, a toxic trash plague from beaches to battery fires
Vape pens and other disposable e-cigarettes soon could be illegal in California.On Wednesday, the state Assembly approved Assembly Bill 762,...
California moves to outlaw child marriage with bill headed to Newsom’s desk
A decade-long fight to outlaw child marriage in California is nearly at an end.A bipartisan bill that makes it illegal...
California, other states sue again to block new U.S. Postal Service rules for mail ballots
California and a coalition of other Democratic-led states sued again Wednesday to block the U.S. Postal Service from implementing new...
Canada retaliates in rapidly escalating U.S. trade war
WASHINGTON — Canada retaliated against the United States in an intensifying trade war Tuesday by announcing steep new tariffs on roughly $20...
Commentary: Sheriff Chad Bianco can’t catch a break. That’s a good thing
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is not lazy, I’ll give him that. During his unsuccessful run for governor this year,...
Newsoms list Sacramento-area mansion for $7.5M, plan to exit city governor once called ‘so dull’
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s sprawling Sacramento-area mansion is up for sale.The 12,700-square-foot mansion in Fair Oaks — an unincorporated community in...
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