This is one I'm screaming about. The former Sacramento County district attorney who prosecuted Funston expressed strong opposition to his release, reflecting the intensity of concern among law enforcement and victims regarding his scheduled freedom from state prison.
The lawsuit, filed in May 2021 by a former assistant to the musician, had been dismissed in December because it exceeded the statute of limitations, a maximum time period for initiating legal proceedings after the related events took place. But plaintiff Ashley Walters asked the court to reconsider her case in January, when a new law mandated a two-year window for the consideration of sexual assault cases that had already expired under the statute.
directly lying to the parent, preventing the parent from accessing educational records of the child, or using a different set of preferred pronouns/names when speaking with the parents than is being used at school
The judges found that the state's policy of limiting open carry to counties with a population of less than 200,000 is inconsistent with the Second Amendment. California's legal regime is a complete ban on open carry in urban areas the areas of the state where 95% of the people live, they said in the decision. The dissenting judge disagreed and said California could limit open carry in more populated areas because it allows for concealed carry throughout the state.
State data show that, between 2017 and 2019 - the latest years for which state data is available - about 28% of Latinas reported taking folic acid the month before becoming pregnant. White women took the vitamin at a higher rate, with 46% of them reporting consuming folic acid, according to the California Department of Public Health.
Avis should have inspected the vehicle immediately upon return and notified you of any issues right away. Anything could have happened in the three days between dropping off the car and inspection. Although California's Civil Code Section 1936 doesn't require rental companies to provide detailed invoices for post-return charges, it strictly regulates how charges must be calculated, disclosed and justified. If you dispute a charge, the burden is on the rental company to prove its validity through itemized documentation.
Chmukh, a resident of Citrus Heights in Sacramento County, was apprehended the night of Nov. 7, after California Fish and Wildlife officers spotted moving lights at Ocean Cove, just south of Salt Point State Park - "the kind of lights that usually mean someone is doing more than sightseeing," according to a report posted by the state agency on social media. Surveilling from a distance, officers then observed "several individuals" moving through the cove "and placing items into containers."
That won't change under the law Newsom signed. But beginning in 2027, children from 8 to 16 years old will have to pass a five-step test to be considered properly restrained by a seat belt under California law. If the driver of a vehicle can't answer "yes" to all of these five questions about their seat-belted child passenger, the driver could get a ticket and fines of $490. Does the child sit all the way back against the seat? Do the child's knees bend comfortably at the edge of the seat? Does the belt cross the shoulder between the neck and arm, resting on the collarbone? Is the lap belt as low as possible, touching the thighs? Can the child stay seated like this for the whole trip?
But beginning in 2027, children from 8 to 16 years old will have to pass a five-step test to be considered properly restrained by a seat belt under California law. If the driver of a vehicle can't answer yes to all of these five questions about their seat-belted child passenger, the driver could get a ticket and fines of $490.
At a time when antisemitism and bigotry are rising nationwide and globally, these laws make clear: our schools must be places of learning, not hate," Newsom said in a statement. The law creates an Office of Civil Rights with a governor-appointed coordinator who will develop and provide training to help school employees identify and prevent antisemitism. The coordinator has to consult with the State Board of Education to make recommendations to the Legislature on policies to address anti-Jewish discrimination in schools.
A state law on the matter goes into effect July 2026. As KRON4 reports, police officers patrolling for impaired drivers near the San Bruno Caltrain station recently witnessed the errant Waymo pulling a U-ey at a traffic light. Upon discovering there was no driver in the car, officers alerted the company of the glitch and sent the vehicle on its way, per KTVU.
By the evening, the crowd had swelled to around 500 people and the protest had moved to the downtown Santa Ana area. Officers with the Santa Ana Police Department formed a skirmish line. Tran watched from Sasscer Park, around 30 feet away from the main crowd, as tensions rose. Police suddenly cleared the crowd with "barrages of rubber bullets, pepper balls, flash bangs, tear gas," Tran said, without warning or apparent provocation.
California can enforce the core component of a law prohibiting minors in the state from accessing "addictive algorithms" on social media, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, a blow to the tech industry's campaign against state internet regulations. A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said the tech industry trade association NetChoice LLC had mostly failed to show that key provisions
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California's law requiring background checks for bullet purchases is unconstitutional, violating the Second Amendment.
McCracken is currently representing a Latino family suing a landlord and real estate agent for illegal eviction after being kicked out of their Baldwin Park home last year.
Investigators observed repeated hand-to-hand transactions involving a heavy garbage bag outside an Oakland liquor store, leading to charges of receiving stolen property against two suspects.
