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Overreach in Technology Regulation Carries Multiple Risks

January 20, 2022 2:46 amJanuary 19, 2022 8:34 pm

Last year, former chair of the U.S. National Science Board Diane Souvaine, PhD, testified before the Congressional Committee on Science, Space, & Technology on U.S. competitiveness in critical technologies. After warning that other countries such as those in East and...

Attorney General Rob Bonta Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith

January 20, 2022 2:32 amJanuary 19, 2022 8:35 pm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Wednesday that he would be launching a Civil Rights investigation into Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith. Smith, a graduate of San Jose State, California Polytechnic University at Pomona, and the FBI Academy,...

Bill To Tighten Parameters of Expert Testimony Placed on Suspense File

January 19, 2022 3:50 pm

A bill to tighten the parameters of allowable expert testimony, and to make it easier for those convicted to try for exoneration based on false expert witness testimony, was placed on the Suspense file in the Senate Appropriations Committee on...

Gov. Newsom Announces #CaliforniansForAll College Corps Service Program

January 19, 2022 12:01 pm

At a press conference Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the expansion of a program that gives college students $10,000 worth of tuition costs for 450 hours of volunteer community service. The #CaliforniansForAll College Corps expansion will now give up...

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti nominates Kristen Crowley as next LAFD Chief

January 19, 2022 2:04 amJanuary 18, 2022 9:05 pm

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Deputy and Fire Marshal Kristen Crowley was nominated to become the first female Chief of the LAFD by Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday, replacing current Chief Ralph Terrazas. Terrazas has been the Chief of the...

Sacramento DA Arrests Woman in $2.75 Million EDD Fraud Scheme

January 18, 2022 3:39 pm

In April 2021, agents from the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, Employment Development Department, and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation arrested 35-year-old Jamie Williams-Major in connection with a significant Employment Development Department fraud scheme involving...

Baja California Governor Criticized For Giving Birth in U.S.

January 18, 2022 11:41 am

Marina del Pilar Avila Olmeda, the Governor of the U.S. bordering Mexican state of Baja California, announced this week that she gave birth at a hospital in California, receiving criticism from Mexicans and Americans alike. Born in 1985, Avila Olmeda...