Meta trial in California this week over social media harms
Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential…
The News: August 17, 2026
Keeping an eye out for trouble. Tending the Flock: Flock Safety’s automatic license-plate-reader cameras are in the news.…
California Challenges Federal Review Of Coastal Protections
“They are targeting California and working to remove states’ rights to have a say in what happens to…
Port of Long Beach could bring new nuclear power to California for first time in 50 years – San Bernardino Sun
For the first time in 50 years, California could see a new nuclear power project, following a landmark…
California Figs Make a Comeback as Consumer Demand Grows
On today’s episode of the AgNet News Hour, Kris Caputo, marketing director for the California Fig Advisory Board…
California’s legal corruption: Pay the politician, get the contract
Published Aug. 17, 2026at6:00am On a recent public radio show (opens in new tab) about California’s budget, one…
States take Meta to trial in CA over social media harms to children
By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its…
Megafire and Other Hauntings | Los Angeles Review of Books
Climate disaster in the Colonial Anthropocene and returning ‘good fire’ to California. California Futures: Haunted Ecologies, Decolonial Relations…
Meta battle with California AG could have ‘astronomical’ consequences
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, is seen in the U.S. Capitol after a meeting in the office of…
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in California’s special congressional election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four months after Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress amid sexual assault allegations…
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in California’s special congressional election
WASHINGTON – Four months after Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress amid sexual assault allegations that…
Hydrogen failed as car fuel. Now California’s big dollar bet on it for green energy is fading, too
Hydrogen, viewed by its advocates as a clean fuel and a solution to climate change, is having a…