Food
Restaurant and bar service fees were about to be outlawed before Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 1524, which allows the charges as long as they’re listed for customers.
June 29, 2024
Letters to the Editor
When a reader’s mom tried to buy a home using the GI Bill, she was told that the houses weren’t sold to “people of her kind.”
June 27, 2024
California
After an emotional and combative debate, California lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Gavin Newsom that would ban schools from requiring that changes to a student’s gender identity be flagged to their parents.
Movies
Bill Cobbs, a seasoned character actor with nearly 200 television and film credits including ‘Air Bud,’ ‘The Bodyguard’ and ‘New Jack City,’ has died at 90.
World & Nation
President William Ruto says he won’t approve the bill proposing new taxes a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead.
June 26, 2024
Opinion
My grandfather used the GI Bill to buy a home. But discrimination barred most other Black veterans from these benefits. Will the U.S. provide reparations?
June 23, 2024
A new law is set to ban service charges and other “hidden fees” July 1. But Senate Bill 1524 could immediately carve out an exception for the state’s restaurants and bars, if signed by Gov. Newsom.
Legislation to divest billions of dollars in pension funds for California public workers and teachers from fossil fuel companies failed again. But climate change isn’t waiting.
June 21, 2024
Lawmakers have worked all year on bills to crack down on retail theft while trying to avoid criminalizing poor Californians if they steal necessities.
Climate & Environment
A state lawmaker from Gardena wants to help victims of racially motivated land seizures get justice.
June 19, 2024