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The California Legislature on Thursday passed a pair of bills to prohibit on-duty law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from masking their faces and to require them to identify themselves. Senate Bill 627, written by Sens. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Jesse Arreguín (D-Berkeley), includes exceptions for SWAT teams and others. The measure was introduced after the Trump administration …

Assemblymember Juan Carrillo speaks during an Assembly floor session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 21, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters After a summer characterized by masked federal agents detaining immigrants in Los Angeles, the California Legislature passed two measures Thursday that seek to force law enforcement officers to identify themselves. Senate Bills 627 and 805 …

California Trucking Firms Go Under, Fueling Wider Industry Fears  The Wall Street Journal Source link

Will you chip in to support our nonprofit newsroom with a donation today? An eight-year-old child receives a second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Northwest Community Church in Chicago, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. File photo: AP/Nam Y. Huh Editors’ note: This story first appeared on KQED. Breaking with national public health policy, California officials are recommending that children …

California lawmakers pass bill to ban ICE agents from wearing masks  Politico Immigration activity confirmed in San Jose as ICE regulation policy heads to council  ABC7 San Francisco California lawmakers pass ban on ICE officers wearing masks  San Francisco Chronicle San Jose considers ban on ICE agents’ face coverings in the city  NBC Bay Area San Jose advances plan for ICE agents to identify …

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California has taken a big step toward regulating AI. SB 243 — a bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots in order to protect minors and vulnerable users — passed both the State Assembly and Senate with bipartisan support and now heads to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. Newsom has until October 12 to either veto the bill or sign it …

More importantly, he said, those states are adhering to the evidence. “Whereas what is happening at HHS is … a lot of opinions, particularly from RFK Jr. himself, on unproven therapeutics, on risks that are not borne out by the data. And then he’s sort of just hand-waving and doing whatever he wants,” Karan said. In June, Kennedy removed all …

Gloria García was born in Mexico 42 years ago, but for two decades she had been building a life for herself and her family in California and was one step away from obtaining legal permanent residency in the United States. Now, she says, she’s suffering a painful separation from her family, trapped in administrative limbo in Tijuana, even though, she …

California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, used his State of the State address on Tuesday to celebrate California’s achievements on its 175th anniversary of statehood but also to criticize Donald Trump for “targeting our state” as it battled wildfires this year, accusing the president of a “relentless, unhinged California obsession”. The Democratic governor delivered his annual message in the form of a …