California Tobacco Tax More Than Doubles To $2.87 Per Pack
Cigarette prices have shot skyward in California.
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Cigarette prices have shot skyward in California.
A rare 1804 silver dollar fetched almost $3.3 million dollars in what officials say is a record-breaking coin collection auction.
The state cigarette tax rises by $2 a pack on Saturday, more than doubling the current 87-cent tax. Taxes also will rise for other tobacco and vaping products.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly have defended federal agents who make immigration arrests at courthouses after California's top judge asked them to stop, according to a letter released Friday.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department says 22-year-old Rafael Ari Aikens was arrested Thursday at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms.
Nunes is facing criticism for going to Trump after a secret intelligence briefing before reporting his findings to his committee. Nunes, who was a member of the presidential transition team, has resisted calls to step aside from his committee's investigation into contacts between Trump campaign officials and Russians.
A burning candle started a building fire that killed four people and displaced dozens more in Oakland, city officials said.
Californians have been paying into the federal pot for decades. And in the last 21 years, they haven't collected.
Despite backlash, Gov. Jerry Brown is calling it a "smart plan," but some drivers are blaming the government for the shortfall and feel they shouldn't have to foot the bill to fix $52 billion in a new plan.
A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy is under investigation after a video posted online showed him ignoring a shooting call while he recorded a message to his then-girlfriend, officials said Thursday.
In announcing the decision late Wednesday, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said that by not banning chlorpyrifos, he was providing "regulatory certainty" to thousands of American farmers that rely on the pesticide.
People looking for part-time work in Northern California might have a better chance at landing a job, thanks to the U.S. Department of Labor.
California water managers say the Sierra Nevada's most robust springtime snowpack in years could trigger flooding as it melts.
An internal report prepared for Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly estimated that a wall along the entire border would cost about $21 billion. Congressional Republicans have estimated a more moderate price tag of $12 billion to $15 billion.
