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Juul Labs Agrees to Pay $462 Million Settlement to 6 States and DC

April 12, 2023
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NEW YORK—Electronic cigarette-maker Juul Labs Inc. will pay $462 million to six states and the District of Columbia, marking the largest settlement the company has reached so far for its role in the youth vaping surge, the attorneys general in several states announced Wednesday. The agreement with New York, California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico,…

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Repairs LA Pothole After Waiting Weeks for the City

April 12, 2023
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Arnold Schwarzenegger took matters into his own hands and repaired a pothole in his Los Angeles neighborhood, after waiting weeks for the city to respond to his request for repairs. The frustrated actor and former California governor posted a video on his Twitter Tuesday of him and a helper using packaged concrete to repair the…

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Orange County Man Faces 20 Years in Defrauding Buyers of Gloves During Pandemic

April 12, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—An Orange County man pleaded guilty April 12 to defrauding victims who paid for COVID-related medical-grade protective gloves that were never delivered, causing more than $3 million in losses. Christopher Badsey, 62, of Lake Forest, entered his plea to four federal counts of wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. U.S. District Judge…

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Orange County Man Faces 20 Years in Prison for Defrauding Glove Buyers During Pandemic

April 12, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—An Orange County man pleaded guilty April 12 to defrauding victims who paid for COVID-related medical-grade protective gloves that were never delivered, causing more than $3 million in losses. Christopher Badsey, 62, of Lake Forest, entered his plea to four federal counts of wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. U.S. District Judge…

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Treating California’s Fentanyl Crisis as an Epidemic

April 12, 2023
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Commentary More than the rest of the country, California continues to suffer large numbers of fentanyl deaths. The Feb. 15 update on the California Overdose Surveillance Dashboard, run by the state government, shows the numbers for 2021, the last full year data are available. There were 7,175 deaths related to any opioid overdose, of which 5,961…

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California to Squander Record Rains, Snowpack in Deluge of Regulations, GOP Lawmakers Say

April 12, 2023
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California’s Central Valley constitutes 1 percent of the agricultural land in the United States yet it harvests nearly a quarter of the nation’s farmed products. The 50-mile wide, 450-mile-long breadbasket is irrigated by an intricate series of river impoundments and canals that are regulated by federal and state agencies. California, like much of the West,…

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Fed up by LA Pothole, Arnold Schwarzenegger Fills It Himself

April 12, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—Fed up by an enormous pothole in his Los Angeles neighborhood, Arnold Schwarzenegger picked up a shovel and filled it himself. The actor and former California governor posted on Twitter a video Tuesday of him and a helper using packaged concrete to repair the road in the Brentwood area. “Today, after the whole neighborhood…

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Stanford University Stops Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination

April 12, 2023
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As of April 10, Stanford University is no longer requiring people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter its campus unless they work in a health care facility. The vaccine was a requirement to step onto campus for the past two years. All Medicare- or Medicaid-certified facilities, including the Vaden Health Center, Stanford University Occupational…

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California Bill Would Prevent Deportation of Illegal Immigrant Crime Victims, Witnesses With Criminal History

April 11, 2023
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A new California bill that would expand protections against deportations for illegal immigrants who are victims or witnesses of crime—including those with a criminal history and gang membership—is being supported by Los Angeles officials, including District Attorney George Gascón. Assembly Bill 1261, named the “Immigrant Rights Act,” was authored by Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) in February,…

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California Bill That Would Provide Free College for Foster Youth Advances

April 11, 2023
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A California Senate bill that would provide free college tuition for the state’s 60,000 foster youth advanced in the Senate Education Committee last week. The Senate Education Committee unanimously approved the bill during a March 29 hearing and referred it for a hearing in the state Senate Committee on Human Services in the coming weeks….

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