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Bipartisan Lawmakers, Teamsters Rally In Favor of Bill To Require Drivers in Driverless Trucks

February 13, 2024 2:30 amFebruary 13, 2024 12:50 pm

A massive bi-partisan rally attended by Democratic lawmakers, Republican lawmakers, and the Teamsters Union was held outside the State Capitol in Sacramento on Monday, promoting a bill that would require driverless trucks to have a driver in the vehicle. The...

Mandatory Kindergarten Legislation Back Again – Unveiled in CA Assembly

February 12, 2024 5:57 pmFebruary 12, 2024 5:57 pm

A bill to make kindergarten mandatory for all students ahead of entering the first grade in California starting in the 2026-2027 school year was introduced in the Assembly on Monday. Assembly Bill 2226, authored by Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), would...

Couple Pleads Guilty Over Gender Reveal Party that Caused California Wildfire

February 12, 2024 12:20 pmFebruary 12, 2024 12:20 pm

A couple who sparked the deadly El Dorado Wildfire in September 2020 by having pyrotechnics from a gender reveal party go out of hand pled guilty to multiple charges over the weekend, including one count of involuntarily manslaughter. The case...

California GOP Registered Voters Rise, DEM Registered Voters Fall In Latest Secretary Of State Voter Registration Data

February 10, 2024 2:30 amFebruary 10, 2024 2:31 am

According to new statistics released by the California Secretary of State’s office this week, the number of registered Democratic voters in California dipped for the first time this century, with the number of registered Republicans rebounding back in the past...

SEIU Launches New Fast Food Workers Union Weeks Before Start Of New $20 Minimum Wage Law

February 9, 2024 5:59 pmFebruary 9, 2024 5:59 pm

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) launched the new California Fast Food Workers Union on Friday, creating a labor union specifically for fast food workers less than two months before the AB 1228 $20 fast food minimum wage law comes...

Bill To Require a Driver in Driverless Trucks Reintroduced In Assembly

February 9, 2024 12:17 pmFebruary 9, 2024 12:17 pm

A bill to require driverless trucks to have a driver in the vehicle was reintroduced in the Assembly on Thursday, less than 5 months after Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the almost identical AB 316. Assembly Bill 2286, authored by Assemblywoman...

Third California U.S. Senate Debate Announced For February 20th

February 9, 2024 2:30 amFebruary 9, 2024 2:31 am

A third U.S. Senate between Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), former baseball star Steve Garvey (R), Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA), and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) was announced this week, with the debate to be held at Universal Studios in Hollywood on...