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),...

By Alan Riquelmy SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Supporters of youth tackle football won the game before they stepped onto the field Wednesday morning. Rallying outside the California State Capitol, they emphasized their fight against Assembly Bill 734 — which would ban the sport for kids under 12, if...

By Natalie Hanson SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — The Golden State’s first test of the season’s snowpack left experts underwhelmed at the chances for another wet winter year, with California measuring well below average for rain and snowfall so far. In a panel Tuesday, California Department of Water...

The drive to the University of California, Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains shouldn’t have been easy this week. Snow in late December at the Soda Springs facility, at 6,800 feet, should have made it too difficult. But Andrew Schwartz, lead scientist and...

By Alan Riquelmy SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge on Friday gave California Attorney General Rob Bonta a major win in an open carry case, granting the state’s request for summary judgment. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Kimberly Mueller also found a motion for a preliminary injunction filed...

By Alan Riquelmy  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California lawmakers will return to Sacramento in a few days for the 2024 legislative session, tackling an estimated $68 billion deficit — along with high-profile issues like homelessness and the fentanyl crisis — in what’s expected to be a contentious...