ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) – Civil liberties activists are suing a company that provides facial recognition services to law enforcement agencies and private companies around the world, contending that Clearview AI illegally stockpiled data on 3 billion people without their knowledge or permission. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Alameda County Superior Court, seeks a court order…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged an exhausted state to dream of brighter days ahead during his annual State of the State address. Newsom spoke Tuesday evening from an empty Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, surrounded by 56,000 seats representing roughly the number of people who have died during the pandemic. Newsom…… MORE
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., on Tuesday claimed the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package Congress is expected to pass has “nothing” to do with the ongoing pandemic, and simply is a “slush fund” for Democrats. Nunes told Fox Business’ “Mornings with Maria” the stimulus package likely to pass a House vote tomorrow “has nothing to do with…… MORE
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) – A woman accused of spitting on an Asian American man and yelling an ethnic slur as he dined outdoors in Silicon Valley has been charged with a misdemeanor hate crime and battery. Santa Clara County prosecutors said Monday that 39-year-old Karen Inman also told the man to “go back to…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – California’s petroleum-rich Kern County has approved a plan that could permit tens of thousands of oil and gas wells over the next 15 years. The ordinance approved Monday had to be rewritten after environmental groups sued and a state appeals court found the county’s permit system could threaten air and water…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California would take a step toward having counselors instead of police respond to people experiencing mental health crises under a bill backed Monday by gun-violence prevention groups. People who dial or text 9-8-8 would be connected with counselors to get help from mobile crisis support teams staffed with mental health professionals.…… MORE
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Derick Almena, the master tenant of a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse that caught fire during a music event, killing 36 people, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. However, he is unlikely to spend more time in jail after a judge ordered that he serve his term under house…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A central California woman charged with murder after delivering a stillborn baby who tested positive for methamphetamine may be released to a treatment center pending trial. Chelsea Becker has been in a Kings County Jail since November 2019, where a judge on Tuesday will consider her request to move to a…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to give perhaps the most important speech of his political life Tuesday. The first-term governor has spent weeks laying the groundwork for an upbeat State of the State aimed at nearly 40 million people exhausted by a year of coronavirus restrictions. It comes as the…… MORE
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