Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has refined his proposal for broadband privacy rules, but is still recommending rules that could restrict…
Oct 6, 2016Research Triangle Park, N.C. — A new FCC privacy proposal up for a vote this month will require broadband providers like Verizon…
Oct 6, 2016Cable and wireless companies would need customer permission before sharing sensitive personal data, including the contents of emails, Web browsing history, financial information and a mobile device’s geographic location, under a…
Oct 6, 2016
The story I’m about to tell does not quite match the one two years ago about Stella and Savely Goreshter, the Van…
Oct 5, 2016Meet the new cable company. Same as the old cable company. That was Culver City resident Jack Cohen's feeling the other day…
Oct 4, 2016At last week’s presidential debate, Donald Trump famously expressed concern about “somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds” hacking into…
Oct 4, 2016California lawmakers passed a law to allowing pilot tests of vehicles without drivers. The next day, they also released revised draft regulations…
Oct 3, 2016Gov. Jerry Brown signed five bills Thursday aimed at reform for the California Public Utilities Commission and called on the agency to…
Sep 29, 2016A new law signed yesterday by Gov. Jerry Brown will subject Uber and Lyft drivers to tougher security screening. But the measure…
Sep 29, 2016Bob Pack was doing what dads do: watching football on a late Sunday afternoon. His kids, Troy, 10, and Alana, 7, were…
Sep 28, 2016California lawmakers say they will push for extensive reforms — including a possible amendment to the state Constitution — after efforts to revamp…
Sep 28, 2016Restoring public trust in the California Public Utilities Commission should have been Michael Picker’s primary mission when he was appointed president by Gov.…
Sep 28, 2016A bill requiring doctors to check the state’s narcotics database before they prescribe controlled substances for new patients was signed into law…
Sep 28, 2016In a region known for being among the worst nationally for its air quality, plans are marching briskly forward on a proposed…
Sep 28, 2016
More than a year and multiple failed preliminary approval hearings later, the Los Angeles Department of Power and Water hasn't refunded the…
Sep 27, 2016SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California doctors will be required to check a database of prescription narcotics before writing scripts for addictive drugs…
Sep 27, 2016SACRAMENTO — Almost 13 years after a driver hooked on prescription painkillers drove into Bob Pack’s two young children on a sidewalk, killing…
Sep 27, 2016