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Bill to Prohibit Selling Weight Loss Supplements To Minors Passes Sen. Committee

June 22, 2022 1:09 pm

A bill that would prohibit retail establishments from selling weight loss supplements or over the counter diet pills to those under the age of 18 passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, paving the way for a full Senate vote...

LA City Council votes for $25 a Hour Wage Increase For All Private Hospital Workers

June 22, 2022 2:30 amJune 21, 2022 9:15 pm

The Los Angeles City Council voted 10-2 to increase the minimum wage for workers at private hospitals to $25 an hour on Tuesday. The proposed increase, which would affect all workers in the hospital and not just healthcare workers, has...

Bill To Allow Housing Department to Halt Legally Dubious Projects Gains Support in Legislature

June 21, 2022 3:59 pm

A bill to allow the Department of Housing and Community Development to block projects in Orange County that are in violation of the Surplus Land Act and other laws, continued to move up in the legislature in June following the...

Gov. Newsom Announces Additional 400,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses For Children Under 5

June 21, 2022 12:15 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom Announced this week that an additional 400,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been ordered by the state, encouraging them to be used on children following FDA approval for the under 5 age group last week. According to...

‘Streisand effect’ Snares Nancy and Paul Pelosi in Trap

June 21, 2022 10:57 amJune 21, 2022 11:24 am

Late on a Saturday night on Memorial Day weekend in California’s wine country, a drunk driver smacked into another car while coming home from a party. Fortunately neither driver was hurt. Weeks later people around the world are still talking...

Bill To Ban Arrests for Prostitution-Related Loitering Moves to Governor’s Desk

June 20, 2022 3:51 pm

A bill to ban arrests for “loitering with the intent of prostitution” was sent to the Governor’s desk on Monday, nine months after both houses of the state legislature first passed it. Senate Bill 357, authored by Senator Scott Wiener...

Folsom Lake’s ‘Negro Bar’ to be Renamed Following State Park and Rec Vote

June 20, 2022 12:35 pm

During the weekend, the California State Park and Recreation Commission voted 7-0 to officially change the Negro Bar area of the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area to Black Miners Bar following decades of speculation, petitioning, and debate. The controversy surrounding...