California's top air quality regulator today urged the Biden administration's Environmental Protection Agency to "immediately" approve the state's regulation phasing out diesel trucks. Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph was among more than 250 people who signed up to speak this week at a virtual hearing focusing on whether the...
Unions Try to Protect Jobs in CA With a Bill to Limit Self-Service Checkouts
When the industrial revolution erupted in 18th century Britain — replacing handwork with machinery in the manufacture of goods — many of the affected textile workers responded by attacking and disabling the machines. The rebels became known as Luddites, so named for "General Ned Ludd" or "King Ludd," a mythical...
Canceling Subscriptions Could Get Easier Under New Biden Administration Rules
A set of policies proposed by the Biden administration this week could make it easier for consumers to cancel subscriptions, speak to customer service agents, get flight refunds and more. Officials said the effort, which was announced Monday and spans several federal agencies, would tackle the ways that different businesses...
Brandon Aiyuk Appears at 49ers Practice as a Spectator as His ‘Hold in’ Enters a 4th Week
SANTA CLARA — Star receiver Brandon Aiyuk was back out at San Francisco 49ers practice as a spectator as his contract hold in enters a fourth week still in search of a resolution. Aiyuk had mostly stayed off the field the past two weeks after making waves with his boisterous...
RIP Dan Olson, 79: Fresno Legend Helped Power the Fastest Drag Boats & Cars in the World
Kingsburg-born Dan Lynn Olson — whose name was synonymous with go-fast equipment in drag racing — died July 31 at age 79. In 1969, he founded Dan Olson Racing Products in Fresno and it quickly became the go-to shop for racers from coast to coast. For example, the shop advertised...
Police Identify Suspect in Break-in of Trump Campaign Office in Virginia
ASHBURN, Va. — Police in northern Virginia said Wednesday they were looking for a homeless man they suspect broke into an office of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said it has issued an arrest warrant for Toby Shane Kessler, 39, of no fixed address, on a...
Gena Rowlands, Acting Powerhouse and Star of Movies by Her Director-Husband, John Cassavetes, Dies
LOS ANGELES - Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding light in independent cinema as a star in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, and who later charmed audiences in her son's tear-jerker "The Notebook," has died. She...
Officials Probe Why Robbery Suspects Had Gun of Ex-LA Officer Involved in 2013 Shooting Spree
LOS ANGELES — Officials are looking into why two robbery suspects were in possession of a gun registered to rogue ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner, who went on a deadly shooting rampage in 2013, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. One of the suspects, Jesus Eduardo Padron Rojas, a 19-year-old Venezuelan...
US Approves $20 Billion in Weapons Sales to Israel Amid Threat of Wider Middle East War
WASHINGTON — The U.S. has approved $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles, the State Department announced Tuesday. Congress was notified of the impending sale, which includes more than 50 F-15 fighter jets, Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, or AMRAAMs, 120...
Judge Tells Google to Brace for Shakeup of Android App Store as Punishment for Running a Monopoly
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Wednesday indicated he will order major changes in Google's Android app store to punish the company for engineering a system that a jury declared an illegal monopoly that has hurt millions of consumers and app developers. Over the course of a three-hour hearing...