Category: Northern California

Californians Have Less Than a Year to Get a Real ID

July 7, 2022
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California residents have less than a year to get their Real ID cards. United States travelers must have the new ID card by May 3, 2023 if they’re planning on using a state-issued ID to board domestic flights and access certain federal facilities. Real ID is a federally accepted form of identification, and in California…

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Legal Niche Exploiting California’s Businesses Suffers a Supreme Court Blow

July 7, 2022
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Commentary With the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent 8-1 ruling in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana (pdf), limiting the ability for employees to sue under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), state lawmakers are faced with a unique opportunity to finally fix a problem that has long weighed our state’s economy down. That is, if…

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University of California Waives Tuition for Native Americans, Starting Fall 2022

July 6, 2022
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Native American students attending schools in the University of California (UC) system will have their tuition fully waived starting this fall. Announced in April, the UC Native American Opportunity Plan allows California residents who are “members of federally recognized Native American, American Indian, and Alaska Native tribes” to get free education on UC campuses. The…

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New Laws Make California Even More Progressive

July 5, 2022
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In recent weeks California polished its reputation as a progressive state. It passed strict new gun and environmental laws. And it failed to pass a repeal of its 3-cent gas-tax increase. Assembly Bill 1621 by Assemblyman Mike Gipson (D-Los Angeles) was signed into law June 30 by Gov. Gavin Newsom. This is the “ghost guns”…

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California AG Bonta Adds 4 States to Gender Law Travel Ban

July 5, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—California Attorney Gen. Robert Bonta June 30 banned travel using state funds to four more states because they prohibited men—sometimes called “biological males”—from competing in women’s sports. It was the last day of Pride Month. He said he was committed to standing up against discrimination in all forms. The new states under the ban are…

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3 Men Missing in California After River Rescue Attempt

July 5, 2022
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Three men are missing and presumed dead in California after a child was caught in a river current and they swam out in an attempt to rescue him, authorities said. The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday that the boy was swept away at a popular boating and swimming destination called Three Mile Slough. The…

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Newsom Pardons Woman Who Fatally Shot Man Who Trafficked Her

July 4, 2022
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has granted a pardon to Sara Kruzan who spent 18 years in prison for murdering the man who trafficked her for sex as a teen. In 1995, when she was 16, Kruzan was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder. She had fatally shot the man who…

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What it Means to Fold an American Flag

July 4, 2022
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ALAMEDA, Calif.—When most people see the American flag, they associate it with freedom but may not know that there is a process to folding the flag, with a special meaning behind each fold. Richard Keefer, a docent at the USS Hornet Museum, spoke with NTD Television about flag folding and its significance. Keefer was a…

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1 Killed, 4 Wounded in Shooting Outside Sacramento Nightclub

July 4, 2022
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—One person was killed and four were wounded in a shooting early Monday outside a nightclub in downtown Sacramento, police said. Police Chief Kathy Lester told the Sacramento Bee that authorities received a call about shots fired shortly before 2 a.m. on Monday after a club let out patrons. The four wounded people were…

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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Truckers’ Challenge to AB5, California’s Anti-Freelancing Law

July 3, 2022
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The Supreme Court turned away a challenge to California’s “radical” worker-classification law that virtually outlaws independent contracting, including independent trucking, and clamps down on the so-called gig economy. The ruling has the effect of ending a temporary stay preventing enforcement of the law, known as AB5, against motor carriers while the appeal to the Supreme…

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