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New Caltrans Audit Finds Agency Failed To Give Adequate Inspections Of Freeways

June 6, 2024 2:50 amJune 6, 2024 2:51 am

According to a new audit from the Office of the Inspector General for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) on the November 2023 Interstate 10 fire, a lack of oversight in freeway inspections put the Interstate 10 freeway in Los...

Pro-Palestinian Protester Arrests, Encampment Clearances Continue Across California

June 5, 2024 5:03 pmJune 5, 2024 5:03 pm

In the last few days, crackdowns on Pro-Palestinian protestors have continued across the state, including the arrest of 13 students who occupied the Stanford University President’s office, and the clearance of an encampment outside Los Angeles City Hall. Since late...

Virginia Becomes First State To Drop California’s Vehicle Emissions Standards and Gas Car Ban

June 5, 2024 1:17 pmJune 5, 2024 1:17 pm

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced on Wednesday that Virginia would no longer be a part of California’s vehicle emissions standards, including California’s 2035 goal of banning gas-powered cars from being sold in the state. The California 2035 ban, first announced by...

Rubio’s Coastal Grill Becomes Latest Victim Of CA $20 Minimum Wage Law

June 5, 2024 2:45 amJune 5, 2024 2:46 am

Rubio’s Coastal Grill, a Carlsbad-based Mexican food restaurant chain with over 200 stores nationwide, announced that 48 stores in California would close over the weekend because of a large number of rising costs, including employee wages. Following the signing of AB...

Judge Denies Enviro Lawsuit to Stop Sites Reservoir Project

June 4, 2024 6:20 pmJune 5, 2024 10:54 am

Judge Samuel T. McAdam of the Yolo County Superior Court denied an environmental lawsuit to halt the Sites Reservoir project, addressing the streamlined legal process that led to the quick ruling, Courthouse News reported Tuesday afternoon. The petitioners were Friends...

Reality Bites: LAPD Interim Chief Choi Dances on KFI

June 4, 2024 2:09 pmJune 4, 2024 2:54 pm

According to John Kobylt of KFI, no sitting Los Angeles Police Department chief – permanent or interim – had ever appeared on his – even when paired with the recently retired Ken Champeau – show until Monday. There is a...

Los Angeles County: Least Prepared County in the Entire Country For A Natural Disaster

June 4, 2024 1:20 pmJune 4, 2024 6:21 pm

According to a recently released Claimguide study, six of the top eight counties in the U.S. least prepared for natural disasters are in California, with Los Angeles County taking the top spot by a wide margin. For decades, Los Angeles...