April 9, 2024
A migrant farmworker who survived a mass shooting last year at a Northern California mushroom farm has filed a lawsuit against the farm and one of its owners, saying they failed to keep him safe from the colleague who authorities …
January 12, 2024
California lawmakers who want to ban tackle football for kids under 12 to reduce brain injuries gained ground this week in the Legislature but still face a very long field and a clock that is ticking. Though it was a …
October 2, 2023
Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $49 million as part of a settlement with California prosecutors who say the health care giant illegally disposed of thousands of private medical records, hazardous materials and medical waste, including blood and body parts, …
September 11, 2023
Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $49 million as part of a settlement with California prosecutors who say the health care giant illegally disposed of thousands of private medical records, hazardous materials and medical waste, including blood and body parts, …
August 23, 2023
San Francisco’s Roman Catholic archdiocese filed for bankruptcy this week, saying the filing is necessary to manage more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials. The Chapter 11 protection filing will stop all legal actions against the …
August 18, 2023
California residents driven from their homes by one of the deadliest wildfires in recent history had one request before they would rebuild in the small mountain town of Paradise: warning sirens to bolster town emergency systems that failed some people …
July 6, 2023
Heavy rains that flooded Chicago neighborhoods, rendered freeways impassable and wreaked havoc on NASCAR street races downtown Sunday are serving as stark reminders of urban centers’ vulnerability during extreme weather events. After a historic deluge in April in Fort Lauderdale, …
January 25, 2023
An agricultural worker killed seven people in back-to-back shootings at two mushroom farms that had employed him in Northern California and the massacre is believed to be a “workplace violence incident,” officials said as the state mourned its third mass …
January 6, 2023
Damaging winds and heavy rains from a powerful “atmospheric river” pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flash flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people, including a child whose home was …
September 16, 2022
A rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime on filed a lawsuit against the city. During a search of a San Francisco Police Department …