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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...

‘Limited to no impact’: Why a pro-housing group says California’s pro-housing laws aren’t producing more

One California law was supposed to flip defunct strip malls across California into apartment-lined corridors. Another was designed to turn under-used church parking lots into...

One reason your power bill is high: Baked-in profits that critics call excessive

Making sense of the alphabet soup of charges on a monthly power bill is challenge enough. But there’s a surprising cost baked into customers’...

California’s surge in EV sales has stalled — so what happens to its landmark mandate?

California’s push to electrify its cars is facing a potentially serious problem: People aren’t buying electric cars fast enough.  After three straight years of strong...

Online censorship in schools is ‘more pervasive’ than expected, new data shows

By Tara García Mathewson Aleeza Siddique, 15, was in a Spanish class earlier this year in her Northern California high school whaen a lesson about newscasts...

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GRANDfathers for Golf Seeks Volunteers to Give Kids a Chance to Learn the Game

There are children waiting to learn golf—but not enough...

Hemet council appoints Ernie Reyna city manager

Hemet’s city council on Tuesday appointed Ernest N. “Ernie”...

Hemet police cite 28 drivers in distracted-driving operation

The Hemet Police Department cited 28 drivers Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in a distracted-driving operation from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Twelve citations were for hands-free cell phone violations and 16 for dangerous driving behaviors.
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