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Tesla Announces 601 More Employees Laid Off in Fremont, Palo Alto

May 15, 2024 12:34 pmMay 15, 2024 12:34 pm

According to a new Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice filed late on Monday, electric automaker Tesla is to fire another 601 at their Palo Alto development hub and Fremont factory, adding to the over 3,300 employees in the...

Environmental Non-Profit Sues Tesla Over Alledged Clean Air Act Violations At Fremont Plant

May 15, 2024 2:35 amMay 15, 2024 2:36 am

Environmental non-profit group Environmental Democracy Project sued Tesla on Tuesday, claiming that Tesla’s Fremont auto factory has violated the federal Clean Air Act “Hundreds of times”. In the past few years, Tesla has paid multiple fines over questionable environmental practices....

Gascon Re-Assigns DA Who Helmed Grossman Case

May 14, 2024 3:11 pmMay 15, 2024 3:57 pm

When running for re-election, it typically behooves the candidate to be as normal, as steady, as plausible as possible. This does not apply to the challengers, of course, but it is one of the reasons that in most cities very...

Nebraska & 16 Other States Sue California Over Zero-Emissions Trucking Mandates

May 14, 2024 12:38 pmMay 14, 2024 12:40 pm

In a lawsuit filed on Monday, Nebraska and 16 other states sued the State of California over their “Advanced Clean Fleet” electric vehicle (EV) truck mandates, including laws where only new zero-emissions trucks would be sold in California beginning in...

Tokio Marine Insurance, Mercury Insurance Agree To Customer Switchover For Thousands Of Policyholders

May 14, 2024 2:45 amMay 14, 2024 2:46 am

Thousands of California insurance-holders saw a rare moment of relief on Monday when the Mercury General insurance company announced that they would be working with both the Tokio Marine America Insurance Company and the Trans Pacific Insurance Company, who will...

LA Prosecutors Decline to File Charges Against Leakers of City Council Racist Recording

May 13, 2024 7:10 pmMay 13, 2024 7:10 pm

Los Angeles County prosecutors just refused to file charges against the two L.A. County Federation of Labor workers who recorded and released audio where several L.A. City Councilmembers could be heard making racist remarks, sending it instead to the LA...

New USDA Report Shows Lake Tahoe Will Be Full This Year, Highlighting California’s Water Recovery

May 13, 2024 2:18 pmMay 13, 2024 2:20 pm

According to a new report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Lake Tahoe, situated on the California-Nevada border, will reach it’s “full” level for the first time since 2019, provided further evidence of California’s water recovery. For the...