California
Gun rights groups have filed a lawsuit over California’s 11% tax on firearms, ammunition and firearm parts. They are seeking an injunction to block the new law.
July 4, 2024
Letters to the Editor
To graduate, high school students will have to complete a course in pocketbook economics — balancing a checkbook, managing credit cards, avoiding scams.
July 5, 2024
The measure asks voters to change the California Constitution to enshrine a “fundamental right to marry” and remove language that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
The French fire started Thursday night and had grown to 842 acres by Friday morning amid warm temperatures and gusty terrain-driven winds.
The Native Sons of the Golden West have worked for nearly 150 years to preserve state history. They also spent much of the early 1900s pushing anti-Asian, white supremacist policies.
Former Rep. Jackie Speier, who represented San Mateo County and San Francisco from 2008 to 2021, posted on Twitter about her diagnosis on Thursday.
Climate & Environment
The framework will apply to about 400 urban water suppliers and will require them to adopt water-use budgets and meet locally tailored conservation goals.
The Thompson fire has burned 3,500 acres and resulted in evacuation orders for more than 28,000 people in Butte County. Oroville residents are reminded of the deadly Camp fire, which destroyed the nearby town of Paradise.
July 3, 2024
World & Nation
Protesters have continued to gather despite President William Ruto’s repudiation of unpopular tax legislation that prompted deadly unrest.
June 27, 2024