New Mexico Opening Door to New Era of Civil Rights Lawsuits July 6, 2021 Efforts among a handful of states to hold police accountable for brutality and civil rights violations are expanding Thursday as...
PG&E in California Seeks $3.6B in Rate Hikes for Wildfire Safety July 2, 2021 Pacific Gas & Electric asked regulators Wednesday to grant a $3.6 billion rate hike to help it pay for hardening...
California Firefighters Battling Growing Wildfires July 1, 2021 Hundreds of firefighters labored this week in high heat on the lines of big wildfires in the forests of far...
California City is Requiring Gun Owners to Carry Liability Insurance July 1, 2021 San Jose, Calif., officials have passed a new law that requires gun owners to carry liability insurance and pay a...
Washington Labor Department Says Data of Some Workers May Have Been Exposed in Contractor Incident July 1, 2021 The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries is reporting that it was recently notified that one of its contractors,...
Researchers Use Drones to Help Forecast Fires as Wildfires Hit Western U.S. July 1, 2021 By Jane Lanhee Lee In a grassy meadow outside Missoula, Montana, Jennifer Fowler eyes two drones high in the sky with weather instruments —...
California Advances Decriminalizing Psychedelic Substances July 1, 2021 By Don Thompson California this week moved another step closer to decriminalizing psychedelics – amid a debate over whether their prohibition is an...
Most COVID-19 Restrictions Lifted in Washington June 30, 2021 By Rachel La Corte Most of the COVID-19 restrictions that have been in place and modified several times since last spring were lifted in...
Pitcher’s Family Sues Angels, 2 Employees for Negligence June 30, 2021 The family of former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs filed lawsuits Tuesday in Texas and California charging the team...
3.9M Earthquake Confirmed in San Francisco Bay Area June 30, 2021 A magnitude 3.9 earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The earthquake’s...