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Newsom calls special session to ‘Trump-proof’ California
by Alexei Koseff and Jeanne Kuang | November 7, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday called newly elected state lawmakers to work as soon as they’re sworn in...
Inland Empire gym teacher fired for anti-LGBTQ ‘religious beliefs’ gets $360K
An Inland Empire gym teacher who cited her religious beliefs when refusing to comply with her school district’s LGBTQ policies is getting a hefty payout.
UC Riverside protestors reach agreement to end pro-Palestinian encampment
Protestors at the University of California, Riverside reached an agreement with school officials to end the pro-Palestinian campus occupation Friday night.
Union plans strike vote over crackdown on University of California Gaza protests
The largest union of academic workers, which represents more than 48,000 graduate student workers throughout the University of California system, will hold a strike authorization vote as early as next week in response to how universities have cracked down on students’ Gaza protests.
Senators push to reform police’s cellphone tracking tools
Civil rights lawyers and Democratic senators are pushing for legislation that would limit U.S. law enforcement agencies’ ability to buy cellphone tracking tools to follow people’s whereabouts, including back years in time, and sometimes without a search warrant.
