How your secret information could be more secure in 2020
New California law requires businesses to disclose data collection and sharing and gives consumers the right to opt out of it and to have collected data deleted.
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California attorney general subpoenas Roman Catholic dioceses
Church officials say subpoenas simplify production of records that involve privacy concerns.
Why PG&E gave some customers up to $250 credit after shutoffs and not others
PG&E reported that bill credits from Oct. 9 power shutoff cost the utility $90 million. Don't expect any more.
California — leader in gun control — sees three mass shootings in four days
California has a low rate of gun deaths, but the nation's most populous state also has more killed by firearms than almost any other state.
School shootings were reported at 15 California schools since Sandy Hook
Since the horror unleashed by a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut in 2012, some 16,000 students have experienced some sort of shooting in California.
Electric wires suspected in many fires that erupted during power shutdowns
California utilities unleashed unprecedented widespread blackouts in October to reduce wildfire danger during strong autumn winds.
Did the Kincade Fire threatening Geyserville start at a geothermal power plant?
The raging wildfire threatening Geyserville north of San Francisco erupted around The Geysers, the world’s largest complex of geothermal plants where steam from deep in the ground has been tapped...
Menlo Park dad first parent to avoid prison in college scandal
Sentences for other parents who pleaded guilty ranged from two weeks to five months in prison.
College admissions scandal: Five months in prison for Napa winemaker
As a Napa winemaker awaited sentencing Friday in the national college admissions cheating scandal, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills aimed at making it harder for the rich to buy...
How California’s ‘red flag’ law thwarted gun threats
In California, gun violence restraining orders have been used to at least temporarily disarm angry employees, abusive lovers, the delusional and suicidal.