Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced charges Monday against ex-law enforcement and military officers accused of using threats and violence in an effort to extort an Irvine man for nearly $37 million. The four men charged are accused of entering the unnamed victim’s Irvine residence in 2019...

By Edvard Pettersson (CN) — The California Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed a union-backed challenge to the voter-approved law that exempts app-based drivers working for companies such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash from being classified as employees rather than independent contractors under the state’s...

By Alan Riquelmy SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California lawmakers on Thursday passed the state budget for fiscal year 2024-25, meeting a key legislative deadline after months of facing a massive deficit. While meeting this constitutional deadline, work on the budget will continue into next week. The...

By Alan Riquelmy LOS ANGELES (CN) — California’s insurance commissioner on Wednesday said his office is pushing forward with regulatory reform, pointing to new requirements he said will lead to more policies in wildfire-prone areas. The changes revealed Wednesday require insurance companies to write...

By Alan Riquelmy SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised budget has helped some of the Golden State’s budget woes, though financial problems continue to loom on the horizon, the state Legislative Analyst’s Office said Friday. Newsom’s new 2024-25 budget, released two...

By Alan Riquelmy SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A bill that would allow California poll workers and voters to sue over election intimidation is advancing through the Legislature after a Wednesday vote. The Assembly Elections Committee passed Assembly Bill 2642 — written by California State Assemblyman...

By Benjamin S. Weiss WASHINGTON (CN) — Congress may be bitterly divided on many matters of policy, but lawmakers in the House’s commercial affairs panel were united Thursday as they voted to approve a measure threatening TikTok with a national ban. Lawmakers have for months demanded that TikTok be...

By Alan Riquelmy PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. (CN) — Light snow fell Thursday as state workers began the third snow survey of the season. By the time they finished, workers with the California Department of Water Resources advised people to get off the mountain where they performed the survey. The storm...

By Edvard Pettersson Southern California Edison has agreed to pay $80 million to settle a civil lawsuit by the U.S. Forest Service that blamed the utility’s equipment for the massive Thomas Fire that tore through Southern California in late 2017. The Thomas Fire burned about 282,000 acres in Santa...

A bill introduced in the California Legislature would further restrict the use of rat poison and allow members of the public to sue over illegal use and sale of rodenticides in the state. The Poison-Free Wildlife Act, Assembly Bill 2552, was introduced by RAssemblywoman Laura Friedman, (D-Glendale),...