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May I Please Have a Straw for Me & a Soda for the Kid?

SACRAMENTO — If you want a straw with your drink or a soda with a kids' meal at a California restaurant, you'll need to ask for them starting next year. A law signed Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown makes California the first state to bar full-service restaurants from automatically giving...

State to Defend California Law Allowing Life-Ending Drugs

SACRAMENTO — Betsy Davis threw herself a party before becoming one of the first people to use a California law allowing her to take her own life in 2016. Her sister and other advocates fear others won't have the same choice after a Riverside County judge threw out the law...

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