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A loophole in California law makes it hard to prosecute threats against schools. Will lawmakers close it?

For over six months, San Diego resident Lee Lor sent hundreds of emails threatening a mass shooting at Shoal Creek Elementary School as replies...

How The State Of California Wasted $1.5 Billion On Failed Tech

CALIFORNIA — While twiddling his thumbs in the powerless office of lieutenant governor 12 years ago, Gavin Newsom wrote a book titled “Citizenville,” touting...

They Tried To Pay Their Overdue Rent. Their Landlord Wouldn’t Accept It

By Felicia Mello, CalMatters Crouching on the sidewalk in front of his apartment building in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood last Monday, Bradford Berger shuffled through...

Californians approved $1.5 billion for wildfire prevention. How will the state spend it?

Go broad or go deep? That’s one of the big questions state lawmakers are debating as they grapple with how to most effectively use...

California lawmakers scramble to fix ‘lemon’ vehicle law — again

For more than half a century, California’s “lemon” law was considered one of the best in the nation at giving consumers the legal right...

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Father, 3 Children, Killed In Inland Empire Crash

BARSTOW, CA — It's been more than a week...

Man’s Search For Identity? Check in with God!

I’m sure most of you have been to Disneyland...

Are ICE agent checks on migrant children to protect them or deport them?

WASHINGTON — When immigration agents recently began conducting welfare checks on...