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NEWS
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
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Employees at S&F Foods dreaded lifting heavy cardboard boxes from a conveyor belt and placing them onto pallets for shipment all day. So Mike Calleja, the plant manager for the company, which makes frozen food for school cafeterias, hired a robot. |
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
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A towering figure in California's judiciary and a devoted jazz pianist celebrates five decades on the bench on Monday. Known for his wit, clarity and collegiality, Arthur Gilbert plans to retire at the end of the year. |
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
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A jury found that Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center and its corporate operators neglected 73-year-old Air Force veteran James Doherty Sr., and falsified records to cover it up. |
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
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Robinhood urged a San Francisco federal judge to dismiss investors' unfair business practices class action over its cash sweep program, arguing plaintiffs failed to show reliance on alleged misstatements or omissions. |
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
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When driving a car across the country isn't possible or desirable, shipping a car can save time, as well as wear and tear on your vehicle. |
Friday, August 29, 2025 |
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Given California's size and its cultural and economic impact around the globe, whoever captures its governorship instantly becomes one of the nation's most prominent politicians and a potential candidate for president. |
Friday, August 29, 2025 |
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Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Adam P. Brezine, a veteran of Adobe and Twitter, as chief counsel of the California High-Speed Rail Authority amid deepening legal challenges and the loss of billions in federal funding. |
Friday, August 29, 2025 |
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Michael A. Columbo, attorney for state Republicans, argued the ballot measures were rushed through the Legislature and violated constitutional rules, but justices denied the claim without comment. |
Thursday, August 28, 2025 |
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An Orange County couple alleges that ChatGPT encouraged their 16-year-old son to take his own life, raising novel legal questions about whether AI outputs are protected by the First Amendment. The complaint also names OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as a defendant. |
Thursday, August 28, 2025 |
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The California Interscholastic Federation says it has immunity from claims that it is barring high school athletes from earning compensation for their name, image and likeness. The case also targets media companies accused of profiting from athletes' rights. |
Thursday, August 28, 2025 |
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Progressive values and humane public policies are California virtues. But not for people living with serious mental illness. |
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 |
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP advised Intel Corp. on its $8.9 billion deal giving the U.S. Commerce Department a 9.9% equity stake, even as the firm agreed to provide $100 million in free legal work for the Trump administration. |
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 |
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Since Gov. Gavin Newsom's first State of the State address six years ago, California has stopped pursuing a high-speed rail system that actually connects the Bay Area to Southern California, as was promised to voters in 2008. |
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 |
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In a rare 4-3 split, the state Supreme Court ruled that prior convictions must qualify as serious felonies under current law to enhance sentences under the Three Strikes Law. Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero dissented, warning the decision undermines voter intent and wipes out longer terms for repeat offenders. |
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 |
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The maker of ChatGPT says its rival pursued fraudulent claims and wasted years of litigation before losing a trademark fight, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP lawyers argued in a motion. |
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 |
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In Monopoly, a little luck can turn you into a real estate mogul. In The Game of Life, buying a house is just one step along the sunny sidewalk to the American dream. |
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 |
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Mike McAfee's abrupt resignation has been followed by claims that he repeatedly purchased methamphetamine from a Merced man, prompting a referral to the state attorney general and raising questions about his past prosecutions. |
Monday, August 25, 2025 |
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Taylor King Boyles has been dreaming about solar electricity ever since he watched a Reading Rainbow episode about solar powered cars as a child. |
Monday, August 25, 2025 |
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A divided 9th Circuit panel rejected the Trump administration's bid to cut UC research grants tied to diversity initiatives, but a same-day Supreme Court ruling suggests the justices may ultimately side with the government. |
Friday, August 22, 2025 |
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In her State of the Judiciary speech in March, California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero said the act was making it more difficult for courts to manage criminal caseloads. |
Thursday, August 21, 2025 |
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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's CEO, has spent the past few months shaking up his company's artificial intelligence efforts. Now he has taken further action that may compound internal turmoil over the technology. |
Thursday, August 21, 2025 |
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Google and YouTube agreed to pay $30 million to settle a long-running lawsuit alleging they illegally collected data from millions of children under 13 for targeted advertising, without admitting wrongdoing. |
Thursday, August 21, 2025 |
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The spread of AI programming tools, which can quickly generate thousands of lines of computer code - combined with layoffs at companies like Amazon, Intel, Meta and Microsoft - is dimming prospects in a field that tech leaders promoted for years as a golden career ticket. |
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 |
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Despite reforms aimed at easing California's civil court backlog, filings under the state's lemon law are climbing to record levels, with critics warning that new procedures under Assembly Bill 1755 create a confusing two-tier system that weakens consumer protections. |
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 |
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Class counsel in the NCAA NIL settlement seeks a court order requiring disclosure of tax consequences before athletes sell claims, citing risks of large liabilities and improper third-party-directed payments. |
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 |
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At the moment, the American economy feels a little bit like a hot August afternoon. |
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 |
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The smoke from the wildfires that burned through Los Angeles in January smelled like plastic and was so thick that it hid the ocean. |
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 |
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Don't touch your investments. That's the simple, yet hard-to-practice, lesson of a new study of investor behavior by Morningstar, the financial services company. |
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 |
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As ADA lawsuits target Long Beach businesses, defense attorney Michele Dobson challenges plaintiff Marvin Barnett's standing, arguing he didn't personally visit the locations and relied instead on a "spotter." |
Monday, August 18, 2025 |
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Uber accused plaintiffs and their attorneys in a major assault case of leaking sealed records to the New York Times, demanding court-ordered declarations to identify the source before upcoming trials. |
Monday, August 18, 2025 |
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If and when Gavin Newsom launches a campaign for president, economic and social conditions in the California he's governed for two terms will be in the spotlight. |
Monday, August 18, 2025 |
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Michael McAfee's abrupt departure marks the second resignation from a small-county DA's office in California this month, following Amador County's chief assistant DA stepping down last week. |
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
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Supporters say the change preserves clarity and consistency, while Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman argues courts should be able to warn that a plea "will" result in immigration penalties. The dispute centers on language dating back to 1978 and could affect thousands of future pleas. |
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
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The high court on Thursday reversed the death penalty for Jason Alejandro Aguirre, citing a 2021 law requiring stricter proof of gang activity, but left his murder and attempted murder convictions intact. |
Friday, August 29, 2025 |
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Silicon Valley corporations and investors have pledged up to $200 million to two new super political action committees that are aimed at forcing out politicians whom they see as insufficiently supportive of the push into artificial intelligence. |
Thursday, August 28, 2025 |
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The deal between the company behind the AI assistant Claude and a group of authors follows class certification by Judge William Alsup. |
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 |
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This was the second Keker, Van Nest & Peters client detained in recent weeks under tactics the court ruled violate due process. |
Monday, August 25, 2025 |
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Odell Beckham Jr.'s lawyers seek sanctions against a plaintiff alleging sexual assault, citing implausible claims and evidence placing him elsewhere during the alleged 2018 incident in Orinda, California. |
Friday, August 22, 2025 |
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A federal judge denied homeless plaintiffs' bid to block Fairfax's anti-camping ordinance, citing the Supreme Court's Grants Pass ruling, which overturned prior precedent protecting homeless people from enforcement actions. |
Thursday, August 21, 2025 |
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The Trump administration revoked temporary protected status for 60,000 people from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal. |
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 |
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The price of crude oil dropped to $62.46 a barrel Monday morning, part of a downward trend that some analysts say could continue into next year. |
Monday, August 18, 2025 |
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In a unanimous opinion by Justice Leondra R. Kruger, the state's high court held that elder abuse wrongful death claims are not subject to arbitration agreements signed by the decedent, resolving a split among appellate courts. |