MALIBU, Calif. (AP) – Three people have died after they were swept off the rocks into the ocean at a Malibu-area shore. Ventura County officials say two men and a woman were fishing with five other family members along the Pacific Coast Highway when they were washed away Thursday afternoon near Deer Creek Beach. They…… MORE
RENO, Nev. (AP) – Conservationists are headed back to court to try to force the Trump administration to protect a rare game bird along the California-Nevada border. The government keeps changing its mind about whether to list the cousin of the greater sage grouse as a threatened or endangered species. Three groups have filed formal…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California voters will weigh in this November on whether to expand a landmark data privacy law, alter a decades-old law that limits property taxes on businesses and exempt ride-hail giants Uber and Lyft from a new state labor law. They are among 11 measures Secretary of State Alex Padilla certified on…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California regulators approved new rules that would force automakers to sell more electric work trucks and delivery vans in the state. The rule is aimed at helping the nation’s most populous state clean up its air quality. The rules would require a certain percentage of work truck sales each year to…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The California Assembly is set to approve a state spending plan that closes an estimated $54.3 billion deficit. The $202.1 billion budget includes cuts to the court system, public colleges and universities and state employee salaries. The state Senate approved the budget on Thursday. That vote came hours after Gov. Gavin…… MORE
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – Authorities say a San Diego man fatally shot during a gun battle with police in California was a former U.S. Marine and ex-police officer. Dramatic video released Tuesday shows Lloyd Nelson Jr. firing his gun May 8 at police after his car crashed head-on into a police vehicle during a pursuit…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he could withhold up to $2.5 billion in the upcoming state budget from local governments that fail to comply with mandates intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The funding threat comes as California sees a worrisome rise in the number of virus cases and…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – California’s top schools official says he is working to re-imagine the role of police officers at the state’s 10,000 public schools. Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said Wednesday that some schools would still need officers on campus to protect students from serious dangers, including shootings or bomb threats. Thurmond, the…… MORE
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Disney is postponing the mid-July reopening of its Southern California theme parks until it receives guidelines from the state. The company announced Wednesday an indefinite postponement for Disneyland and Disney California Adventure in Anaheim. Disney hoped to reopen them on July 17 after a four-month closure due to the coronavirus. But…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California voters will decide in November whether governments and public colleges and universities can consider race in their hiring and admissions decisions. The state has banned affirmative action policies since 1996 when voters approved a constitutional amendment that bans preferential treatment based on race and other factors. The state Senate voted…… MORE
