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While Black Friday Broke Records, Avoid Scam Artists on Cyber Monday

December 1, 2019 8:50 amDecember 1, 2019 8:52 am

The post-Thanksgiving-Day shopping craze known as Black Friday has been an American tradition since the 1950s. By 5 p.m. Thursday, $2.1 billion was spent on shopping, which was a 20% gain from a year ago, according to Adobe’s ADBE, online...

Kamala Harris’ Lackluster Presidential Campaign is Deteriorating

November 30, 2019 10:30 amDecember 3, 2019 11:19 am

The New York Times is the latest to drop a brutal story on the downward trajectory of Sen. Kamala Harris’s lackluster presidential campaign. attempted to inject some new life into it with a personnel change. The story quotes from the...

PG&E Fails Attempt at Avoiding Billions of Dollars in Insurance Liabilities

November 30, 2019 2:05 amDecember 1, 2019 10:09 am

PG&E will be held accountable for the $11 billion settlement they had agreed to with insurance companies ruled a bankruptcy judge Wednesday. Inverse Condemnation U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Dennis Montali held up the legal principle of ‘inverse condemnation’, which holds...

Lawsuit at Cal State Fullerton Leads to Calls for Strengthening Hazing Laws

November 29, 2019 8:10 pm

The parents of Bea Castro, a 19-year-old Cal State, Fulletron student who died from acute ethanol intoxication in March of 2018 during a hazing incident, are suing both the University and the Chi Sigma Phi sorority. The charges in the...

Congress Moves Closer In Granting Amnesty For Millions Through Farmworkers Bill

November 29, 2019 6:12 amDecember 1, 2019 9:58 am

“The bill is a masked attempt at amnesty by the powerful agriculture industry that refuses to invest in labor-saving mechanization or automation.” The House Judiciary Committee voted Nov. 21 on the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (H.R. 5038), to grant...

Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson Announces That He Will Step Down In January

November 29, 2019 2:15 amNovember 28, 2019 10:17 pm

Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson announced this week that he would be leaving his council presidency in January. He is leaving to focus on his Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors campaign, but will continue to serve as...

Roles of the Attorney General and the Legislative Analyst in the Initiative Process

November 29, 2019 2:04 amNovember 28, 2019 10:15 pm

In California’s initiative process, both the Attorney General and the Legislative Analyst play important roles. Those roles are established by the state Constitution, as well as the California Elections Code. This article provides an overview of the relevant laws specifying...