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Governor Now Has Chance to Sign Bill to Protect Future Max Bensons
Sacramento, CA – It was a tragic but preventable death when Max Benson, a 13-year-old from Davis, who had autism and was attending an El Dorado Hills school when he died after being held in a prone restraint for over an hour. SB 483 was designed by Senator Dave...
Driverless cars won’t be ticketed in last-minute about-face for CA state bill
A California bill that would have allowed for self-driving cars to be ticketed for traffic violations was amended just days before the year’s legislative session is scheduled to adjourn. Driverless car companies like Waymo and Cruise still will not be ticketed under the amended bill. Rather, law-enforcement agencies will...
Tourism to Lava Beds and Tule Lake National Monuments Contributes $6,968,000 to Local Economy.
TULELAKE, Calif. – A new National Park Service report shows that 136,164 visitors to Lava Beds and 2,731 visitors to Tule Lake National Monuments in 2023 spent a total of $6,968,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 79 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $7,794,000.
CA passes bill requiring schools to devise plan to ban or limit phones during the school day
The California legislature passed a bill this week requiring all public schools to come up with a plan to limit or ban phones during the school day, and Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign it into law.The Phone-Free Schools Act, introduced by Assemblyman Josh Hoover, would give the state's public schools until July 2026 to come up with a plan to implement a ban or other limits on smart phones.Schools, for example, could require students to put phones in a locker or sealed pouched during school hours. The bill, however, does include some exceptions.Schools would not be able to...
Hospital in Southern California to shutter labor and delivery department
Nurses in a Riverside County hospital say they’re worried about their pregnant patients, many of whom are from underserved communities, after learning that the facility’s labor and delivery department will be shuttered in the coming months. Officials at Hemet Global Medical Center delivered the news that the obstetrics department would be suspended for at […]
Patriot Day 2024 events in California's High Desert honor fallen of 9/11
Patriot Day events in the High Desert will honor the memory of those who died during the terrorist attacks on U.S. soil on Sept. 11, 2001. On that day, terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes, deliberately crashing two into both towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City, according to the...
Workers breach key Klamath dams, allowing salmon to swim freely the for first time in a century
Workers have breached the final dams on a key section of the Klamath River, clearing the way for salmon to swim freely through a major watershed near the California-Oregon border for the first time
CA legislature passes bill to let undocumented students work at public colleges
(The Center Square) - The California legislature passed a bill allowing undocumented students to work at public college campuses, just one day after the California Senate approved making undocumented immigrants eligible for up to $150,000 in state home "loan" programs. In January, California’s state public healthcare system expanded coverage to all undocumented immigrants, whose MediCal coverage is expected to cost $5 billion this year. “California is home to 83,000 undocumented students,” said State Sen. Maria Elena Durazo on the Senate floor hearing on August 20....
California legislature passes bill banning voter ID laws
(The Center Square) - The California legislature passed a bill banning local governments from adopting voter identification laws for local elections. California does not require identification to vote, but earlier this year, the City of Huntington Beach approved a voter ID requirement for municipal elections starting in 2026. This bill would override Huntington Beach’s policy. “An overwhelming body of evidence proves that voter ID laws only subvert voter turnout and create barriers to law abiding voters,” wrote bill author State Sen. Dave Min, D-Irvine. “To...
Gov. Newsom's staff changes story on funding for 'personal' Mexico whale-watching trip, report says
Our media partner, the San Francisco Standard, is digging into a "fishy" story involving Gov. Gavin Newsom.Last year, Newsom took part in a whale-watching tour in Mexico that his staff had initially called a "personal trip."MORE: Bay Area assemblymember spent thousands of campaign dollars at pro sporting events, report saysBut as the Standard reports in a new article, the governor's staff has since changed their story, and we're learning a nonprofit paid for the excursion.Gabe Greschler, the Standard's politics reporter who wrote the article, joined ABC7 News to give more details.Watch the full interview in the player above.Izzy Gardon, Governor...
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