California Minimum Wage Bill Likely Stalled For Year
The Assembly Appropriations Committee did not take up SB3 by Democratic Sen. Mark Leno of San Francisco on Thursday, the last day to send bills out.
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The Assembly Appropriations Committee did not take up SB3 by Democratic Sen. Mark Leno of San Francisco on Thursday, the last day to send bills out.
Sen. Jean Fuller of Bakersfield took over Thursday, becoming the Senate's first woman Republican leader.
Auditors say the deal wasted $3.2 million the contractor received just to process invoices from a subcontractor that did the actual work.
Forty-three-year-old Chris Baker was airlifted to a hospital Wednesday after the attack near the Two Harbors area.
SB716 by Democratic Sen. Ricardo Lara of Bell Gardens would make California the first state in the nation to protect elephants against bullhooks starting in 2018.
The state Water Resources Control Board, which must approve or reject the request, expects to complete its review within two years, barring unforeseen developments, agency spokesman Timothy Moran said.
They include measures to raise the age for buying tobacco products to 21 and to regulate e-cigarettes as tobacco products.
California enables residents to donate money to a variety of charitable causes while they file taxes. The distribution of the money lacks oversight, creating problems for funds like these.
Some of the funds never reach the intended charities and go back into state coffers after taxpayers check a box on their taxes to contribute, as good intentions meet a lengthy bureaucratic maze.
Apple has announced plans for a new product event on Sept. 9 in San Francisco, where the giant tech company is expected to show off new iPhones and other gadgets.
Police are warning residents to keep a close eye on pets after a mountain lion snatched a pet poodle from the backyard of a Burbank hillside home.
A Lake Elsinore man may have to lose is hand after he picked up a rattlesnake in order to take a selfie with it.
Ventura County health officials are investigating after dozens of customers complained of illness after eating at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Simi Valley.
"The vegetation is so thick it's almost a jungle-like environment, and the poison oak is all wrapped up in it," he said. "In some places, it's 12 feet high."
Officials say none of the 16 wildfires burning around California is posing serious danger of destruction or fast spread — but that could change this week.
