Gov. Brown Vetoes Bill To Lessen Some Drug Charges
Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed legislation Saturday that would have given county prosecutors the option of charging lower-level, nonviolent drug offenses as misdemeanors instead of felonies.
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Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed legislation Saturday that would have given county prosecutors the option of charging lower-level, nonviolent drug offenses as misdemeanors instead of felonies.
Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have banned future sales of most semi-automatic rifles that accept detachable magazines, part of a firearms package approved by state lawmakers in response to mass shootings in other states.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law a bill that will make California the first state to ban lead bullets for all types of hunting.
California's attorney general is suing a for-profit college company, alleging it misrepresented job placement rates and school programs to lure low-income state residents.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that will expand use of a treatment to restore breathing after a drug overdose.
AB375 by Democratic Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan of Alamo was approved by lawmakers a year after a more stringent bill died in the state Assembly after union opposition.
The Los Angeles Democrat, who will be termed out of office in 2014, said in a statement issued this week that he wants to help ensure continued improvement with the state's finances.
Plows cleared roads and chains were required on most vehicles for travel on much of vital state Route 18 in the San Bernardino Mountains, where the National Weather Service reported Green Valley Lake received a half foot of snow.
Authorities have lifted a lockdown at a building at San Jose State University after saying they did not find a gunman during a sweep.
Drug store chain Rite Aid Corp. has been ordered to pay more than $12 million to settle a civil lawsuit filed in California claiming about 600 of its stores illegally dumped pesticides, bleach and other toxics.
It's an easy law to break, and dog cheats do. By strapping a vest or backpack that says "service animal" to their pet, anyone can go in stores and restaurants where other dogs are banned, creating growing problems for the disabled community and business owners and leading to calls for better identifying the real deal.
The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits jumped by 66,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 374,000. But the spike was largely because California processed a huge backlog of claims and the partial government shutdown prompted some companies to cut jobs.
The bill by Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, would let those professionals perform what are known as aspiration abortions during the first trimester. The method involves inserting a tube and using suction to terminate a pregnancy.
The Agriculture Department is threatening to shut down three California poultry processing facilities linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 278 people across the country.
Pit bulls and pit bull mixes be sterilized under the terms of a new ordnance in Riverside County.
