California bill would tax Big Tech to create tax credit for news organizations
A California lawmaker has introduced a bill that would levy a “data extraction mitigation fee” on companies such as Google and Meta in order to provide media outlets in the state with a tax credit ...
Tandem bike riders cruise in Zion National Park — and crash into deer, officials say
A nighttime cruise on a tandem bicycle through Zion National Park turned dangerous when the pair of riders crashed into a ...
‘We fight for Palestinian lives’: Encampment on Sac State continues as protests roil other campuses
Wednesday marked the third consecutive day various groups erected tents outside the commons to demand the California State University system divest from companies backing Israel.
4.1-magnitude earthquake shakes thousands in Southern California, USGS says. ‘Big jolt’
A 4.1-magnitude earthquake shook the Southern California area, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The nearly 1-mile deep ...
Northern California prosecutors file murder charge against shooting suspect found in Stockton
Joseph Andrew Perkins, 54, of Oroville, is accused of fatally shooting Richard Allen Kelly, 61, of Chico, the Butte County ...
Remains found by hunter in remote area of Nevada ID’d 40 years later, officials say
A Holiday Hotel/Casino Keno ticket stamped with the date 05/04/1982, ... and four pennies with a date of 1980” were found ...
2 women ‘hanging out’ on front porch shot dead in ‘ambush-style’ attack, Texas cops say
Police said the suspect is likely an estranged boyfriend of one of the victims, noting there were “ongoing domestic issues.” ...
High school student on bus sees woman’s dead body on side of highway, Texas cops say
A high school student spotted a woman’s dead body on the side of the highway while she was on the bus, Texas cops said.  ...
Biden cancels $6 billion in loan debt for Art Institute students, including Sacramento school
The Biden administration is erasing $6.1 billion in federal student debt for 317,000 former attendees of The Art Institutes, ...
Hundreds of wild horses faced eviction from national park — then people fought back
“Park visitors, much to their delight, often encounter the horses while driving or hiking in the rolling, colorful badlands ...
California lawmakers call for $1 billion ‘down payment’ on offshore wind energy infrastructure
Lawmakers are calling for including the $1 billion as part of a larger climate bond which may go before voters in November.
Man jailed for days after he’s mistaken for sex offender during traffic stop, suit says
A case of mistaken identity led to five days in jail for a California man wrongly arrested on an active sex offender warrant ...