Californias

As the September 14 elections in California on whether to remove Governor Gavin Newsom draws nearer, unsubstantiated rumors about the event mount.Here are two that are rife on the internet, how they spread, and why they are wrong, according…

A California law that ensures that many gig employees are considered independent contractors but gives them some limited benefits is unconstitutional and unenforceable, a judge in the California Superior Court ruled Friday night.The…

California's largest utility company, Pacific Gas & Electric, has a massive forest fire problem. Five of the ten most devastating fires in California since 2015 have been linked to PG&E devices, including the 2018 Camp Fire that…

Small businesses across the country have suffered from shutdowns that sometimes flare up as suddenly as the coronavirus itself. Restaurants, gyms, mom and pop shops and spas have closed, some after months of trying to stay there.The pain in…

"This is a tragedy," said Dr. Nida Qadir, co-director of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Medical Intensive Care Unit, on the MLK statistics. Her hospital had "much lower death rates," she said, although the hospital hadn't publicly…

Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former executive director of Theranos, arrives for a hearing in the U.S. District Court in the Federal Building of Robert F. Peckham in San Jose, California on Monday, November 4, 2019.Yichuan Cao | NurPhoto |…