The Latest News about California

California’s privacy law giving customers the right to their personal data is based on a European law that inadvertently lets hackers gain widespread access to people’s credit card numbers and home addresses. The California Consumer Privacy Act went into effect Jan. 1 and effectively gives citizens the ability to obtain and delete whatever data companies have on them. It’s also ...

Climate experts are apparently backing President Donald Trump’s repeated arguments that California’s wildfires were a result of poor land management rather than climate change-driven, E&E reported Thursday. Roughly 75% of damage stemming from California’s wildfires was a result of “the way we manage lands and develop our landscape,” Scott Stephens, a professor of fire science at the University of California, ...

California’s high court unanimously knocked down a recently passed state law requiring politicians to provide several years of tax returns before running for national office, CNN reported Thursday. President Donald Trump immediately challenged the law in court after Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, sign law in July after it sailed through the state’s Democratically-run legislation. The Republican National Committee (RNC) ...

Ever observe a child that just can’t wait to grab and destroy a cookie, piece of cake, soda, or whatever? The facial expressions at this early age are undeniable. It’s going to happen… just a matter of when –  right? Unfortunately, in today’s world, we are seeing liberals (adults) with the same expressions and intensity but it’s not about something ...

Apple announced a $2.5 billion plan to help combat the housing crisis in California, according to a Monday press release from the tech giant. The Silicon Valley staple is one of many, including Facebook and Google, taking steps to address the state’s housing shortage that came in part after the tech giants invaded the area, bringing thousands of jobs and ...

Officials who run former President Ronald Reagan’s library in California use goats to eat dried brush and grass around the building that often act as an accelerate for the state’s ferocious wildfires. Nearly 300 goats maul their way through the dry grasses around the Simi Valley library The Los Angeles Times noted in a report Wednesday. The report laid out ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom accepted big-dollar donations in 2018 from the utility company now being vilified for shutting off large sections of the state’s electricity grid to avoid sparking wildfires. Newsom and his allies took $208,400 from Pacific Gas and Electric during his run for governor before the public utility began controlled blackouts. PG&E gave the governor the maximum amount ...

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to toss a California law barring state authorities from cooperating with federal immigration officials.  The California Values Act, or SB 54, bans law enforcement from transferring criminal aliens to immigration authorities or sharing personal information about migrants. The parties in the case are playing somewhat against type: Trump is relying on a ...

General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and Toyota sided with the Trump administration in a battle over emissions against the state of California. The Trump administration had proposed to lower emissions standards set during the Obama administration, according to the New York Times. California responded to this by saying that the state would continue to enforce the strict Obama administration laws on ...

California officials are working to beat back a massive wildfire that is charing the state and sending citizens sprawling for cover. The so-called Kincade Fire scorched more than 54,000 acres as of Sunday evening. Nearly 94 buildings and other structures were burned and 80,000 more have been threatened, according to official reports. More than 180,000 people were ordered to evacuate ...

The United States today filed a civil complaint against the state of California, several of its officers, the California Air Resources Board, and the Western Climate Initiative Inc., for unlawfully entering a cap and trade agreement with the Canadian Province of Quebec. “The state of California has veered outside of its proper constitutional lane to enter into an international emissions ...

The mayor of San Francisco announced Thursday that the city is blacklisting twenty-two states due to their pro-life laws. Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Vallie Brown, who is the author of the new ordinance, announced Thursday that the city will be restricting travel and limiting contracting with 22 states, according to the Los Angeles Times. The ban will go into ...

Wildfires might be the least of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s concerns as several of his state’s citizens struggle with power blackouts. The last California governor who struggled to deal with rolling energy blackouts was recalled in 2003. High gas prices, rolling blackouts, and wildfires are weighing on California citizens. Recent history might explain why Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is ...

California officials evacuated roughly 100,000 people from their homes as a wildfire plows through the northern edge of Los Angeles, AP reported Friday. The wind-driven has damaged more than 25 homes and 23,000 residences are under evacuation orders, officials say. The fire began Thursday night and extended more than 7 square miles by Friday morning, Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas told ...

Some environmentally conscious Californians are resorting to using gasoline power as the state’s power utility employs roving blackouts to avoid potential wildfires. Tesla warned its customers Wednesday to be aware of the problems and fully energize their vehicles instead of relying on half-power. Two electric vehicle owners in the state say they are not taking any chances and will rely ...