Two California police officers were killed while on duty in the span of 24 hours, officials said Tuesday. Detective Luca Benedetti with the San Luis Obispo Police Department was fatally shot Monday evening by a suspect in an apartment complex while police were executing a search warrant for allegedly stolen property, the department said Tuesday.…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) posts a Notice of Suspension at a Central Fresno convenience store for selling alcohol to a teen who then caused a fatal, DUI crash. State officials say the Quick-N-Shop Liquor West Shields at West is immediately prohibited from selling alcohol until its suspension concludes on May 31,…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s new attorney general is promising an increased focus on hate crimes. Rob Bonta says there is “a state of crisis” because of increases in attacks on Asian Americans since the coronavirus entered the U.S. after originating in China. On Tuesday, he announced a new Racial Justice Bureau within his California…… MORE
RELEASE: SACRAMENTO— Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled the second challenge his $100 billion California Comeback Plan will confront – homelessness. Governor Newsom’s $12 billion plan to tackle the issue of homelessness will be the largest investment of its kind in California history. This investment will provide 65,000 people with housing placements, more than 300,000…… MORE
California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, facing a Republican-led recall, said Monday he wants to return the state’s enormous $75.7 budget surplus to the pockets of taxpayers via an expanded stimulus check program he says would benefit two out of every three residents. The $12 billion proposal would amount to the largest year-over-year rebate that’s ever been…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Millions of Californians would get tax rebates of up to $1,100 under a proposal unveiled by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. He’s branding it as part of the state’s response to the pandemic. Individuals and households making between $30,000 and $75,000 annually would get a $600 payment under Newsom’s plan announced Monday.…… MORE
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today (Monday) significantly expanded his April 21 drought emergency proclamation to include Klamath River, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Tulare Lake Watershed counties where accelerated action is needed to protect public health, safety and the environment. In total, 41 counties are now under a drought state of emergency, representing 30…… MORE
California’s population fell by more than 182,000 last year, the first yearly loss ever recorded for the nation’s most populous state, a growth streak that dated to its founding in 1850 on the heels of a gold rush that prompted a flood of people to seek their fortune in the West. The figures released Friday…… MORE
An Irvine, California, man has been arrested after federal authorities said he fraudulently received $5 million in coronavirus relief funds to purchase luxurious cars and go on expensive vacations, USA Today reported over the weekend. Mustafa Qadiri obtained the money from Payment Protection Program after he said he owned 4 businesses, but a federal indictment said…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – An investigation found that a trust set up to help compensate victims of deadly California wildfires sparked by Pacific Gas & Electric equipment paid survivors just $7 million last year in its first year of operation, while racking up $51 million in overhead. The trust was approved by a federal judge…… MORE
