Elementary School Calls Cops on 4-Year-Old for Violating Mask Mandate
In the Bay Area and in Los Angeles County, authorities are quickly learning there's little public will to follow their mandates.
In the Bay Area and in Los Angeles County, authorities are quickly learning there's little public will to follow their mandates.
New court documents show that the FBI planned for months to seize and forfeit property found inside safe deposit boxes in an L.A. raid under the pretext of doing an inventory.
“We need to have a trash can that works for the city of San Francisco,” said city project manager Lisa Zhuo.
That's illegal, says a new suit filed on Thursday.
State housing officials have launched a first-ever investigation of the city's housing policies and practices, setting the stage for far more sweeping interventions.
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New housing construction for 1,100 UC Berkeley students and 125 homeless people was paused Wednesday in response to protests.
California should build infrastructure, not shame water users.
Lawmakers claimed they were just banning marketing guns to kids.
Supervised facilities aim to make a dent in the dramatic increase in overdose deaths.
They're trying to pressure the federal government into getting organized about vaccines.
If Newsom wants to pick a fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, he should try a different topic.
The city halted its practice of fining graffitied businesses during the pandemic. But now it's firing up its enforcement machine again.
The Senate majority leader’s marijuana bill would pile on more taxes and regulations, despite years of complaints about the barriers they create.
Federal prosecutors want to keep key details about the planning and execution of the March 2021 raid at U.S. Private Vaults out of the public's sight.
The mayor vetoed a controversial ordinance that would have legalized more types of housing on paper while making it harder to build in practice.
Both laws seek to evade judicial review by delegating enforcement exclusively to private parties.
Segregation-era racists tried to drive the Bruces away from their own beachfront property. When intimidation didn't work, they resorted to the power of the state.
Conservatives' guiding principle should always be less government control, not more.
The terrible consequences of A.B. 5 keep coming.
The state's Endangered Species Act doesn't protect insects, so environmentalists and government officials intent on helping bees had to get creative.
The bill makes little note of parents' ability to control their own children's social media access.
An earlier draft of the bill, favored by the Los Angeles Times, would have required the labels be huge, with 12-point font and yellow backgrounds.
Several states are retaining subjective criteria for carry permits or imposing new restrictions on gun possession.
The state's trucking industry fears drivers will quit or work out of state.
The law is an important step, but ending police harassment of sex workers requires decriminalizing the trade entirely.
Associate Editor Liz Wolfe discusses the political and economic fortunes of both Austin and Miami, plus potential reasons these pastures might not always be greener.
We need to clearcut the government regulations hampering efforts to effectively battle wildfires.
Some states promptly eliminated subjective standards, while others refused to recognize the decision's implications.
Unfortunately, so do more regulations and potential fines.
Federal and state agencies are busting unlicensed marijuana merchants, who face decades in prison.
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Miami and Austin lured people away from California. But the new tech hubs could end up repeating San Francisco’s mistakes.
Journalist Nancy Rommelmann reports from San Francisco on the ouster of a leading progressive district attorney.
Prosecutorial reform is one thing. Chesa Boudin’s incompetence is another.
Mayor London Breed, who has herself recently pivoted away from criminal justice reforms, will select Boudin's successor.
In Los Angeles and San Francisco, voters face candidates who promised criminal justice reforms but whose records have been disappointing.
Perhaps the government shouldn't be running golf courses in the first place?
The federal bailout of state and local governments padded the paychecks of many public employees.
The new law would require all state community college students to attend annual sexual harassment training.
Insects aren't a category protected by the California Endangered Species Act. So state officials classified four bumblebee species as fish to get them listed.
Officials in Marin County, California, argue a temporary moratorium on new short-term rentals in western portions of the county is necessary to preserve the area's limited housing stock.