3-Year Ban of Police Body-Camera Face-Recognition Tech Passes Legislature
California is poised to ban the use of facial recognition technology in police body cameras for three years after votes by the state legislature this week.
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California is poised to ban the use of facial recognition technology in police body cameras for three years after votes by the state legislature this week.
State lawmakers sent to the governor early Saturday morning a bill aimed at stopping the Trump administration from weakening oversight of longstanding federal environmental laws in California.
Police have arrested a woman who threw a feminine hygiene device containing "what appeared to be blood" onto the floor of the state Senate, splashing onto lawmakers and forcing them to finish their work in a committee room on the final day of the legislative session.
House lawmakers investigating the market dominance of Big Tech are asking Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple for a broad range of documents including internal communications.
Officials in San Francisco have signed off on a one-year pilot program to charge a reservation fee to drive down the crooked stretch of Lombard Street, pending approval from the state.
California lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom legislation Wednesday capping rent increases as the nation's most populous state struggles with an affordable housing and a homelessness crisis.
Athletes at California colleges could hire agents and sign endorsement deals under a bill the state Legislature sent to the governor Wednesday.
Richmond is the latest Bay Area city to approve restrictions on sales of e-cigarettes after the city council unanimously passed the ban Tuesday evening.
President Donald Trump says his administration will propose banning thousands of flavors used in e-cigarettes amid an outbreak of breathing problems tied to vaping.
The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the United States.
Local county and city legislators could soon gather a task force to combat and address hate crimes in Santa Clara County following deadly shootings throughout the country, including one at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in July.
San Francisco supervisors unanimously passed an ordinance Tuesday to approve plans for a vehicle triage center, allowing for unhoused people to stay overnight in their vehicles.
Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez pushed the Board of Supervisors to boost funding for rape crisis centers Tuesday.
The NCAA Board of Governors wants California Gov. Gavin Newsom to reject a new attempt to pay college athletes.
The California Senate has passed a bill that would give new wage and benefit protections to workers at so-called gig economy companies like Uber and Lyft.
