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By Dakota Smith and Katie King, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-14/dana-williamson-newsom-aide-profile-federal-indictment The FBI was secretly listening last year when a high-ranking advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom unleashed a stream of...

By Janet Nguyen, MARKETPLACE https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/11/13/will-us-consumers-be-able-to-get-any-of-their-tariff-money-back President Donald Trump’s new tariff policies, which include tax rates of 10% to 50% on imports around the world, have raised about $120 billion so...

By Christopher Reynolds, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2025-03-18/adults-only-hotel-ban-children-is-it-legal Can hotels legally ban children? With spring breaks starting momentarily and summer vacations not far away, the question is puzzling a...

By The Office of Senator Tom Umberg (Sacramento, CA)—Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana) announced the introduction of Senate Bill 82, which aims to restrict...

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By Isabel Vincent, NEW YORK POST https://nypost.com/2025/01/17/us-news/la-mayor-karen-bass-office-hit-with-accusations-of-legalized-corruption Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass got into office promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and promising to tackle homelessness and...

By Julia Métraux, MOTHER JONES https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/california-proposition-33-34-rent-control-landlords/ California’s statewide rent control law, the Costa-Hawkins Act, has been contentious since it was signed into law in 1995. California politicians saw...

BY YUE STELLA YU AND  JEREMIA KIMELMAN, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/10/campaign-finance-california-fppc-enforcement/ A $1,044 outing at a glitzy Hollywood nightclub. A $1,316 meal at a Los Angeles steak and seafood restaurant. A...

By DUSTIN GARDINER and LARA KORTE, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2024/10/07/lisa-middleton-isnt-talking-about-making-history-00182662 A newly resurfaced video has reignited a feud between two of Sacramento’s feistiest political actors. Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog, is...

By Jim Finkle, REUTERS https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1HQ38Q Consumer activists and technology experts are advising consumers to hold off on buying Android handsets from China's ZTE until the company clarifies...