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The Wall Street Journal - Business
Uber and Lyft Win California Ruling to Treat Drivers as Contractors
The state’s Supreme Court decision preserves the gig-economy business model.Jul. 25, 2024 - California -
The New York Times - Top stories
Park Fire Burns Homes in Forest Ranch, California
The Park fire in Northern California quickly became the state’s largest and most destructive wildfire this year, not far from where Paradise, Calif., was decimated in 2018.8 hr ago - California -
CBS News - Top stories
Crews struggle to contain monster wildfire in California
The arson-sparked Park Fire burning near Chico, California, has destroyed at least 100 structures and forced thousands of people to flee their homes. The blaze has charred about 278 square miles. In the Canadian Rockies, a fire has destroyed about ...5 hr ago - California -
Wired - Tech
California Supreme Court Rules That Uber and Lyft Drivers Will Remain Independent Contractors
In a major victory for app-based companies, their drivers will not be considered employees.Jul. 25, 2024 - California -
CBS News - Top stories
Latest on the wildfires raging in Canada and California
In Canada, a fast-moving fire has ravaged the resort town of Jasper, Alberta. In Northern California, fires have burned 164,000 acres of land. CBS News Sacramento reporter Kayla Moeller joins from Chico, California, with more on the wildfires.6 hr ago - California -
ABC News - Tech
Phone lines down in multiple courts across California after ransomware attack
Several courts across California have lost their phone lines after a ransomware attack targeting the Superior Court of Los Angeles CountyJul. 24, 2024 - California -
Los Angeles Times - Entertainment
Review: A California boy searches for a sense of self over one summer in the exquisite 'Dìdi'
Filmmaker Sean Wang's autobiographical feature debut is graced by a spunky, sensitive performance by Izaac Wang as a kid moving through early-teenage confusion.Jul. 25, 2024 - California -
CBS News - Politics
How Kamala Harris' political trajectory was launched in her native California
Vice President Kamala Harris is on the threshold of a possible presidential nomination following President Joe Biden's decision to not seek re-election.Jul. 22, 2024 - California -
NBC News - Top stories
Evacuations ordered as new California wildfire ignites in scorching heat wave
Scorching temperatures on the Fourth of July fueled wildfires in California that have burned through the night.Jul. 6, 2024 - California -
CBS News - Top stories
California announces largest land return in state's history
California has announced the largest return of land in state history. The act comes amid a larger movement to return land to local Indigenous tribes, letting people reconnect with their ancestors' land and conserve the area. Michelle Miller has more.Jun. 29, 2024 - California -
The New York Times - Top stories
Uber and Lyft Drivers Are Gig Workers, California Supreme Court Rules
Passed by voters in 2020, the ballot measure classifies drivers of ride-hailing apps as independent contractors rather than as employees.Jul. 25, 2024 - California -
ABC News - Top stories
Dehydrated coyote pup dies after it was rescued by California firefighters
An animal rescue center says a dehydrated coyote pup rescued by California firefighters has diedJul. 5, 2024 - California -
ABC News - Sports
California bill crafted to require school payments to college athletes pulled by sponsor
A proposal that would require California universities to pay their athletes through a “degree completion fund” has been withdrawnJun. 27, 2024 - California -
NBC News - Top stories
High heat and fire danger loom for California ahead of Fourth of July weekend
Much of California is facing a dangerous heat wave and high fire risk at a time when millions will be outside celebrating the Fourth of July.Jul. 1, 2024 - California -
NBC News - Top stories
California's unexpected energy challenge: too much solar
As California works toward its ambitious clean energy vision, an almost counterintuitive challenge has emerged: The state is, at times, generating more solar energy than it can handle. It’s to the point where loads of clean energy are going to ...Jul. 8, 2024 - California -
NBC News - Top stories
Too much solar? How California found itself with an unexpected energy challenge
As California works towards its ambitious clean energy vision, an almost counterintuitive challenge has emerged: The state is, at times, generating more solar than it can handle.Jul. 7, 2024 - California -
MarketWatch - Business
Check out Olivia Newton-John’s 12-acre California ranch, asking $9 million
The picturesque estate is just steps from the Santa Ynez River, nestled amid lush greenery and mountains.Jun. 27, 2024 - California -
The New York Times - Top stories
Man Accused of Starting Park Fire in California Is Arrested
The authorities arrested a man believed to have started the fire north of Sacramento. A second fire in eastern Oregon, affecting more than 268,000 acres, is now the largest in the country.Jul. 26, 2024 - California -
The Wall Street Journal - World
California's Minimum Wage Backfire
The $20 fast-food mandate is harming workers and business.Jul. 19, 2024 - California -
ABC News - Top stories
California's ban on LGBTQ parental notification policies faces legal challenge
California's ban on LGBTQ parental notification policies faces legal challenge. Elon Musk threatened to move his businesses out of state over the law.Jul. 17, 2024 - California -
CNBC - Business
This city has one of the worst inflation rates in the U.S.—it isn't in New York, California or Florida
Prices in some U.S. cities are rising nearly twice as fast the national average.Jul. 14, 2024 - California -
The New York Times - Top stories
California’s Excessive Heat Challenges Inland Homeowners
Residents moved to Mountain House, Calif., to escape soaring housing costs near the coast. Now, they just have to survive the searing summer heat.Jul. 3, 2024 - California -
The Guardian - World
California’s largest wildfire of year grows as thousands ordered to evacuate
The Park fire in the north of the state, only 3% contained, has burned more than 160,000 acres, including structures. The largest wildfire that California has seen this year grew again overnight, as thousands of residents remained under evacuation ...14 hr ago - California -
NBC News - Top stories
California fire outlook grows more worrisome after heat dries out tall grass fed by winter rain
The heart of fire season is still weeks away, but more than twice the usual acreage has burned in California for this time in the fire season.Jul. 19, 2024 - California -
ABC News - Top stories
Remains of World War II POW who died in the Philippines returned home to California
The remains of a World War II service member who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines in 1942 have been brought home to CaliforniaJul. 16, 2024 - California -
NBC News - Top stories
Elon Musk says SpaceX and X headquarters moving to Texas over California transgender law
SpaceX CEO and X owner Elon Musk said Tuesday he will move the headquarters of both companies from California to Texas due to a new trans student privacy law.Jul. 16, 2024 - California -
ABC News - Top stories
California wildfires latest: Santa Barbara County fire grows to over 38,000 acres
Firefighters battling flames amid a heat wave in Southern California are struggling to gain control of a wildfire that has exploded to more than 38,000 acresJul. 12, 2024 - California -
The Guardian - World
Disney faces strike threat as thousands of California workers vote on walkout
Company could endure biggest US strike of 2024 as unions accuse it of intimidation during contract negotiations. Disney could face the largest strike in the US this year after it was announced that thousands of theme park and hotel workers in ...Jul. 9, 2024 - California -
NBC News - Top stories
Firefighters battle massive California wildfire amid blistering heat
A massive wildfire has now burned more than 3,500 acres in northern California, and officials say triple-digit heat is making the battle all the more difficult. More than 140 million Americans were under heat alerts in the West and other parts of ...Jul. 4, 2024 - California -
The Guardian - World
Nearly 30,000 people in northern California evacuated as raging wildfire spreads
Thompson fire near Oroville destroys homes and vehicles as state simmers in brutal and potentially historic heatwave. Thousands of homes are under threat from a raging wildfire that erupted in northern California on Tuesday, as the state simmers ...Jul. 3, 2024 - California -
ABC News - Top stories
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs budget to close $46.8B budget deficit
Budget has $16 billion in cuts, temporarily raises taxes on some businesses.Jun. 29, 2024 - California -
ABC News - Top stories
Officials battle 'highly aggressive' red imported fire ant infestation in California
Red imported fire ants pose "an immediate threat" to California's agricultural economy because they require a quarantine of nursery products, officials said.Jul. 25, 2024 - California -
MarketWatch - Business
Wine stocks move higher after California competitor files for bankruptcy and delists
The stocks of listed winemakers were mostly higher on Wednesday after Vintage Wine Estates Inc. filed for bankruptcy and said it is voluntarily delisting, removing one competitor from the fold.Jul. 24, 2024 - California -
The Guardian - World
Elon Musk says X and SpaceX will move from California to Texas
Musk calls California bill banning school transgender notification policies ‘last straw’. Elon Musk announced on Tuesday he will move the headquarters of his companies X and SpaceX from California to Texas.. In a post on Twitter/X, Musk cited ...Jul. 17, 2024 - California -
The Guardian - World
California wildfires have burned five times the average area this year, officials say
Cal Fire head Joe Tyler urges residents to be ‘extra cautious’ and reveals fires have scorched nearly 220,000 acres. California’s wildfire season is off to a ferocious start, with the state’s top wildfire official saying that fires have already ...Jul. 11, 2024 - California -
The Hill - Politics
California plants new flag on transgender student protections
California has thrown down a new gauntlet in the fight over transgender students. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) this week signed a law saying teachers could not be required to tell parents about a student’s name or pronoun changes in most circumstances, ...Jul. 19, 2024 - California -
NBC News - Politics
Elon Musk plans to move SpaceX and X headquarters to Texas after new California transgender law
The headquarters of SpaceX and X will leave California, with owner Elon Musk citing a new law focused on youth transgender identity policies as the reason. KNBC's Tracey Leong reports.Jul. 17, 2024 - California -
The Hill - Politics
California school district sues Newsom over transgender law
A California school district sued Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday over a new state law that bans schools from requiring educators to tell a parent or guardian if a student is going by a different name or pronoun. The Chino Valley Unified School ...Jul. 17, 2024 - California -
The Hill - Politics
'Forced outing' parental notice policies banned in California
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law on Monday banning schools from passing policies requiring parents be notified if their child decides to change their gender identity. The law prevents school staff from “outing” a student to ...Jul. 16, 2024 - California -
ABC News - Top stories
2 killed and 3 injured in July Fourth attack in California beach city
Police say two people were killed and three others injured in Independence Day violence in a Southern California beach cityJul. 5, 2024 - California -
NBC News - Top stories
Massive fire rages in Northern California
The Park fire in Northern California has doubled in size, burning more than 170,000 acres with 0 percent containment. Gusty winds and bone-dry conditions are fueling the Park fire and others. More than 130 structures have been destroyed and ...6 hr ago - California -
CBS News - Top stories
Park Fire in California expands, Jasper overtaken by Canada blaze
Firefighters in the West are battling massive blazes in Northern California and Canada. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans reports from Alberta, where parts of the Canadian Rockies have been "burned to the ground," officials say. Also, CBS News ...9 hr ago - California -
NBC News - Top stories
Father of California teen missing for a week arrested on suspicion of child abduction
The father of a 15-year-old Southern California girl who was missing for about a week has been arrested on suspicion of child abduction and other offenses, police announced Friday.2 hr ago - California -
NBC News - Top stories
California education official embezzled over $16 million, hid cash in mini fridge
A former California public school district official was sentenced to over five years in prison after officials found he embezzled nearly $16.7 million from the district over the years — hiding stacks of cash in a small refrigerator.9 hr ago - California