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As part of their enforcement efforts, wildlife officials stopped cars and conducted surveillance. Wildlife officials crack down on unexpected black market operating in Bay Area: 'High demand' first appeared on The Cool Down .

CALIFORNIA – Consumer Watchdog announced June 27, that 51 public interest and environmental groups urged the state to uphold refinery accountability in a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, and other California lawmakers.

A new set of laws — ranging from consumer protections to mental health for students — are taking effect in California tomorrow. The big picture: State lawmakers introduced nearly 5,000 bills in 2024, and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a little more than 1,000 of them into law, with dozens of those taking effect this week.

Sacramento, California – Governor Gavin Newsom has officially approved California’s 2025 state budget. This is a big spending plan that addresses some of the state’s most pressing challenges while keeping the state’s finances stable. The budget’s goal is to protect the health and well-being of Californians and put...

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed California’s budget on Friday, which included cuts to migrant healthcare despite once pledging to give healthcare to all state residents, including illegal immigrants. New enrollment in of illegal immigrants in the state’s program will be prohibited, a new premium of $30 will be...

June 30, 2025 - SACRAMENTO – With Fourth of July celebrations set to go off with a bang across the state this week, Governor Gavin Newsom and state fire officials are reminding all Californians that the state has no tolerance for illegal fireworks. Over 600,000 pounds of illegal fireworks have already been seized in...

Campo, California – In the rugged hills of eastern San Diego County, olive-green tents flap in the dry

California – Oscar B. Abrons III, a healthcare clinic operator from Southern California, has been sentenced for orchestrating a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme that targeted Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Friday that Abrons will serve four years in jail...

Perfect timing—just one week before the Fourth of July holiday, Alameda Police Department (APD) received a tip about illegal fireworks being stored and sold at a storage facility in Alameda. During the investigation, APD detectives uncovered a second unit containing more than 1,500 units of illegal fireworks,...

There’s a secret that Silicon Valley residents have been whispering about for decades, and it has nothing to do with the latest tech startup. Every weekend, thousands of people descend upon the San Jose Flea Market like treasure hunters following a map to buried gold. This isn’t your grandmother’s...