By Juliet Williams, AP SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown has approved legislation to make California the second state in the nation to begin automatically registering eligible voters when they obtain or renew their driver’s licenses. AB1461 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, aims to boost California’s voter rolls by registering visitors to the Department of […]
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By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Thursday that will require police in California to obtain a warrant from a judge before searching any electronic communications, including emails, text messages, GPS data and other location information. Brown’s approval of SB178 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, followed the U.S. Supreme Court’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed Two people died Saturday night when the plane they were in crashed just after takeoff from Lake Tahoe Airport. The names of the people and their hometowns are unknown. El Dorado County sheriff’s Sgt. Paul Hadjes told Lake Tahoe News the plane had landed at the South Lake Tahoe airport, waited a […]
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By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times California’s new medical marijuana regulations will likely reduce federal crackdowns in the state, but dispensaries will continue to have difficulty obtaining banking services and deducting business expenses, legal experts and activists said Friday. The Obama administration has backed off major enforcement actions in states that legalize medical and recreational […]
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By Sierra Wave Media Measure Z yes votes far outnumbered no votes during the special ballot election Tuesday in Mammoth Lakes. The yes vote on Measure Z means that if the Mammoth Lakes Town Council wishes to expand nightly rentals into residential zones, the people will have the right to vote on it first. The […]
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A Sonoma County man is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 22 in the December 2013 killing of an Incline Village resident. Joseph John Personeni, 21, of Santa Rosa pleaded guilty to manslaughter. He faces one to 10 years in prison. On Dec. 22, 2013, Christopher Elliott, 46, was found dead on his porch on Northwood […]
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By Dale Kasler and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee El Niño might put a dent in the drought after all. In a revised forecast Thursday, the National Weather Service said Northern California stands a decent chance of getting significant precipitation from this winter’s El Niño weather pattern, a development that could help ease the state’s four-year […]
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By Deborah Schoch, Center for Health Reporting Four years of drought in California is wearing on the bodies and minds of the people who live in the San Joaquin Valley. State health officials say they have not seen anything to link the drought to changes in residents’ health. But local doctors and health experts, and […]
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By Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery, Mother Jones Today we are happy to announce a monumental legal victory for Mother Jones: A judge in Idaho has ruled in our favor on all claims in a defamation case filed by a major Republican donor, Frank VanderSloot, and his company, Melaleuca Inc. In a decision issued Tuesday, […]
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By Rachel Abrams, New York Times Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Thursday that bans plastic microbeads, giving his state one of the country’s strongest laws against the tiny abrasives used in exfoliators and other products. The consumer products industry had objected to certain aspects of the bill, arguing that it was overly restrictive and […]
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