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Bill targeting Tesla's 'self-driving' claims passes California Legislature

Since 2016, Tesla has been marketing an expensive option called Full Self-Driving. A reasonable person might infer from the name that the software package enables a car to drive itself, fully.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: In blow to public health, judge tosses FDA lawsuit targeting a clinic offering unproven stem cell treatments

A federal judge in Riverside, California, declared a stem cell treatment firm operating in the state to be exempt from Food and Drug Administration regulations, opening the door to the further proliferation of clinics offering therapies the FDA says are scientifically unproven and potentially dangerous.

Los Angeles Times

California Tries To Make It Illegal for Doctors To Spread COVID-19 'Misinformation'

If AB 2098 is signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, it should face a First Amendment challenge.

Reason

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Keeping score: Who’s who in California’s sports-betting fight

Propositions 26 and 27 offer voters two distinct proposals for legalizing sports betting, creating the most expensive ballot fight in California history. A look at the different factions:

Tribune News Service

Facing extreme heat wave, California issues Flex Alert to conserve energy

LOS ANGELES — California officials on Wednesday issued a statewide Flex Alert, asking for voluntary energy conservation as officials brace for what is expected to be the worst heat wave of the year, lasting almost a week.

Los Angeles Times

‘Not a great recipe’: truckload of Alfredo sauce bakes in sun after highway spill

Cheese-based sauce covers half of busy road in Tennessee, several days after a truck spilled 150,000 tomatoes on California interstate

The Guardian - US

Indian-American racially abuses Indian-American in California

The accused, Singh Tejinder, called the victim, Krishnan Jayaraman, a "dirty Hindu"

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California’s power grid could have a major meltdown this week

Ahead of expected scorching temperatures, the state’s grid operator warned that things might go dark.

Mic

Truck Spills Tomatoes On California Highway Creating Chaos And Ketchup

The spill closed the highway for several hours.

Motor1

Heat waves can be deadly. California workers, lawmakers push for federal labor protections

Francisco Tzul, a garment worker in Los Angeles, said he's seen people die on the job due to heat-related stress and illness.

Los Angeles Times

Self-driving truck firm Gatik to begin deliveries in Dallas for Pitney Bowes

A California-based autonomous trucking company will begin a Dallas route in partnership with century-old business equipment firm Pitney Bowes.

Tribune News Service

California bill to allow minors to be vaccinated without parental consent is withdrawn

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A bill to allow minors to consent to vaccines without parental permission will not move forward this year, with the author of the measure saying Wednesday that it remained short of votes heading into the final day of California's legislative session.

Los Angeles Times

A weeklong heat wave in California and other Western states will test the power grid

From Arizona to Washington state, forecasters warn of "possibly record breaking" heat with little relief overnight, lasting past Labor Day. California may need to ask residents to conserve power.

WEKU

Worried About A Drug Test Getting You Fired? California's Got Your Back, As Long As You Aren't High On The Job

A bill that would prevent employers from sanctioning their workers who use recreational cannabis outside work hours got the green light from California lawmakers on Tuesday, reported ABC News.

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The Independent UK

California won't expand teen vaccines without parental OK

California won't allow teens age 15 and up to be vaccinated against the coronavirus without their parents' consent

Los Angeles Times

California's energy grid will be strained by brutal Labor Day weekend heat wave, operators warn

LOS ANGELES — On the eve of what's expected to be California's longest and most intense heat wave of the year, state electrical grid operators are warning residents to prepare for Flex Alerts and other emergency measures.

Los Angeles Times

A vicious ‘heat dome’ is broiling California, and the extreme temperatures keep worsening

LOS ANGELES — The extreme temperatures that will bear down on California over the next week are the result of a “heat dome,” a phenomenon that typically brings broiling conditions to the state as summer fades into fall. But climate change is worsening the dome’s effects and making it more…

The Conversation

Making EVs without China's supply chain is hard, but not impossible – 3 supply chain experts outline a strategy

Two electrifying moves in recent weeks have the potential to ignite electric vehicle demand in the United States. First, Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act, expanding federal tax rebates for EV purchases. Then California approved rules to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035.

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Newsom's pick for California high court seen as consensus builder, LGBTQ history maker

LOS ANGELES — On a recent morning in Alameda County Superior Court, Judge Kelli Evans had a docket many jurists wouldn't envy — full of civil harassment cases involving litigants who didn't have lawyers or any firm grasp of the law.

Los Angeles Times

Facing voter backlash, California Republicans recalibrate their anti-abortion stance

LOS ANGELES — The Life at Conception Act is fewer than 300 words, but its language leaves little room for ambiguity on abortion.

The Independent UK

US: ‘Rape club’ chaplain used faith, fear to abuse inmates

A former California prison chaplain who pleaded guilty to forcing an inmate to have sex with him is facing sentencing in a federal court

Los Angeles Times

As forests go up in smoke, so will California’s climate plan

LOS ANGELES — When lightning ignited the bone-dry foothills of the Sierra Nevada last year, forestry crews fanned out across Sequoia National Park to defend an ancient grove of California redwoods from wildfire.

Los Angeles Times

How a decades-old law led to death doulas' lawsuit against California's funeral bureau

LOS ANGELES — On Valentine's Day morning four years ago, a group of end-of-life doulas arrived at the Northern California home of Barbara Hazilla just hours after she died.

Reason

New York Set to Hobble 'Legal' Cannabis with Taxes and Regulations

Empire State politicians will soon wonder why the marijuana black market still thrives.

The Guardian - US

Brutal heatwave scorches US west, sparking fires and health warnings

Several California cities broke heat records, rising as high as 112F in the LA suburbs, and blazes erupted as residents were forced to flee

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