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Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said the state would write new rules to let insurers consider climate risks in setting their rates. -
The San Diego County Grand Jury had suggested that the city guarantee funding for road repairs every year. -
DACA has once again been deemed unlawful by a federal court. The ruling leaves over half a million “dreamers” in limbo. -
The Newsom administration says regulation could push companies that make self-driving vehicles out-of-state. -
California law restricting companies' use of information from kids online is halted by federal judgeThe law would require businesses to report to the state on any product or service they offer on the internet that is likely to be used by people younger than 18 — and provide plans to reduce any harms that minors might suffer. -
A Sacramento prosecutor is suing California’s capital city over failure to clean up homeless encampments. Sacramento District Attorney Thien Ho says his office asked the city to enforce laws around sidewalk obstruction and to create additional professionally operated camping sites. -
California officials may vote Tuesday to slash how much water a major bottling company can pull from a watershed in the San Bernardino National Forest. -
A judge Friday denied former San Diego State punter Matt Araiza's request to be tried separately from his co-defendants. -
A federal appeals court has opened the way to block a California law that bans gun ads aimed at children, saying it went too far in restricting lawful speech. -
Newsom says California will intervene in court case blocking San Francisco from clearing encampmentsNewsom says the judge has gone too far and is preventing California from solving a critical problem. He says he hopes the case goes all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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