SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – San Francisco Police say they are investigating an attack on an Uber driver who was assaulted by a woman who refused to wear a mask. The driver, an immigrant form Nepal, says the attack captured on a now-viral video was racially motivated. The woman was with two other women wearing masks…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration says the massive new federal coronavirus relief bill will pump more than $150 billion into the state’s economy. Nearly half of that money will go to Californians directly in the form of $1,400 checks and expanded unemployment benefits. Another $26 billion will go to the state…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) — A man was arrested on Friday following a month-long human trafficking investigation. It started February 1 when the Fresno Police Department was called to Belmont Ave. and Broadway St. to check the welfare of a 28-year-old woman. Police believed the woman may be a victim of human trafficking. The Fresno Police…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom painted a positive picture of the state’s pandemic response during his State of the State address. But some of his statements Tuesday night lacked key context or twisted the facts. He called California’s death rate one of the lowest per capita in the nation, but data from…… MORE
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) – Civil liberties activists are suing a company that provides facial recognition services to law enforcement agencies and private companies around the world, contending that Clearview AI illegally stockpiled data on 3 billion people without their knowledge or permission. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Alameda County Superior Court, seeks a court order…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged an exhausted state to dream of brighter days ahead during his annual State of the State address. Newsom spoke Tuesday evening from an empty Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, surrounded by 56,000 seats representing roughly the number of people who have died during the pandemic. Newsom…… MORE
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., on Tuesday claimed the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package Congress is expected to pass has “nothing” to do with the ongoing pandemic, and simply is a “slush fund” for Democrats. Nunes told Fox Business’ “Mornings with Maria” the stimulus package likely to pass a House vote tomorrow “has nothing to do with…… MORE
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) – A woman accused of spitting on an Asian American man and yelling an ethnic slur as he dined outdoors in Silicon Valley has been charged with a misdemeanor hate crime and battery. Santa Clara County prosecutors said Monday that 39-year-old Karen Inman also told the man to “go back to…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – California’s petroleum-rich Kern County has approved a plan that could permit tens of thousands of oil and gas wells over the next 15 years. The ordinance approved Monday had to be rewritten after environmental groups sued and a state appeals court found the county’s permit system could threaten air and water…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California would take a step toward having counselors instead of police respond to people experiencing mental health crises under a bill backed Monday by gun-violence prevention groups. People who dial or text 9-8-8 would be connected with counselors to get help from mobile crisis support teams staffed with mental health professionals.…… MORE
