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Alaskan volcano Mount Spurr showing activity that will 'most likely end in an explosive eruption,' scientist says

Mount Spurr near Anchorage has been showing signs of unrest for a year. Now scientists think it's creeping closer to an eruption.

LiveScience

This Alaska volcano is gonna blow!...Or, is it?

Mount Spurr’s last eruption occurred in 1992, sending ash over the heavily populated city of Anchorage and halting air travel

The Independent UK

Earthquakes at massive Alaska volcano Mount Spurr ramp up again — and there's now a 50-50 chance of an eruption

Ten months of unrest at Mount Spurr could be a sign of an upcoming eruption from a side vent or, less likely, from the main crater.

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California Passes Law Allowing Dutch-style Cannabis Cafes

Starting next year, diners in the western US state of California can smoke cannabis at certain restaurants, thanks to a new law allowing for "cannabis cafes" akin to those popularized in the Netherlands.

International Business Times

8 Years After Legalizing Pot, California Will Finally Allow Cannabis Cafés

The new law should help licensed retailers compete with the black market while mitigating the odor that offends Donald Trump and J.D. Vance.

Reason

San Francisco Introduces Legislation For Drug-Free Housing Funding

San Francisco lawmakers propose state funding for drug-free housing to support recovery and address drug-related issues.

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California Politician Proposes Bill Making It Illegal To Contact Employees After Working Hours

State Rep. Matt Haney says he wants to attract workers back to California. But his "right to disconnect" legislation would likely scare businesses away.

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California Bill May Charge Employers $100 If They Call Or Text You Outside Of Work Hours

Assemblyman, Matt Haney, wants to protect workers in California from having to respond to their bosses during nonworking hours.

International Business Times UK

California wants to introduce a law that will force workers to disconnect from work

Workers in the Golden State could soon have the legal “right to disconnect” outside of working hours.

TechRadar

California Bill Banning Landlords' No-Dog Policies Is Anti-Choice and Anti-Urban

The market has created a lot of dog-free housing for a reason. A bill from Assemblymember Matt Haney would destroy it.

Reason

Newsom Nixes Psychedelic Decriminalization and Cannabis Cafés

Gavin Newsom supported a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in California but rejected a social consumption measure.

Reason

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Nixes Psychedelic Decriminalization and Cannabis Cafés

Newsom vetoed both reforms, which he deemed excessively permissive.

Reason

Only Five of California’s 120 Legislators Are Renters; They Have United to Fight for Tenants

The renters’ caucus is pushing to win both protections and political clout for the state’s 17 million renters.

Capital & Main

Vacant skyscrapers, empty trains: can San Francisco once again reinvent itself?

The economic challenges of the city’s downtown have sparked speculation of a so-called ‘doom loop’. But some say its emptiness may be part of the solution

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Tribune News Service

Converting offices to housing is hard. These changes could make it easier

PORTLAND, Oregon — Stroll around America's vacant downtowns, and a seemingly obvious solution emerges to the housing shortages and homelessness problems in many states: Why not turn all those unoccupied offices into living spaces? Especially in cities such as Portland, where the office vacancy rate in the urban core peaked…

Los Angeles Times

For California domestic violence victims who commit violent crimes, new bill provides hope

LOS ANGELES — When Susan Bustamante was on trial for murder in 1987, she was not able to give her side of the story.

Tribune News Service

Should Californians have a right to housing? New state constitutional amendment could guarantee it

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Housing is California’s biggest challenge, but would a constitutional right to a place to live make a difference for state residents?

Los Angeles Times

After Twitter layoffs, California bill would strengthen protections for workers

The tech industry has been roiled by waves of layoffs, with tens of thousands of workers losing their jobs in recent months. After Tesla billionaire Elon Musk took over Twitter in October, he abruptly slashed nearly half its workforce, then went back for more.

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‘They’re only getting more essential.’ California home caregivers seek statewide bargaining power

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s in-home caregivers, a historically underpaid workforce that serves a rapidly aging population, could receive a significant boost in bargaining power under a new bill introduced Friday.

Los Angeles Times

California considers legalizing cannabis cafes to help struggling marijuana industry

LOS ANGELES — You order a sandwich, a coffee and a marijuana cigarette, then settle in for a musical performance. This could become the future under a bill aimed at changing the landscape of cannabis use in California.

Reason

New California Bill Proposes Legalizing Authentic Cannabis Cafes

Cannabis consumers should have the same commercial leisure spaces that alcohol drinkers do.

Los Angeles Times

With opioid overdoses still on the rise, more regular people are carrying Narcan

SAN FRANCISCO — Monica Clayton was standing in line at a Burger King on Market Street in downtown San Francisco just before 7 a.m. when a frantic man ran into the restaurant.

Ballotpedia

These are the results in the top five most expensive California State Assembly elections

Elections for all 80 seats in the California State Assembly took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Of the 80 districts up for election in 2022, 78 had a general election with more than one candidate.

Tribune News Service

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called this California state senator a ‘communist groomer’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Just days after a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ club killed five people and injured many more, Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose Twitter account recently was reinstated by Elon Musk, took to the platform to hurl an anti-LGBTQ slur at California state Sen.…

Daily Mirror

Undersea volcano near Mariana Trench is 'likely erupting' and mariners told to stay away

The Ahyi Seamount volcano is likely erupting in the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, with evidence suggesting the eruption started in mid-October

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