PG&E will cut capital spending by $2 billion in 2027 to $11.4 billion, a 14.9% reduction from the planned $13.4 billion, after California's Senate Bill 492, which would have reformed wildfire liabilit…
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Google to retool its digital advertising business but spared the company from a breakup sought by the U.S. government. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema's initia…
New York City's public school system will ban generative AI for students in 2-K through 8th grade starting in September, affecting nearly 600,000 students, or two-thirds of total enrollment. The polic…
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is pressing the Army to explain why it ordered the 173rd Airborne Brigade, a 600-soldier unit in Europe specializing in drone warfare, to stop that mission and ref…
At least six Bay Area cities have imposed moratoria or begun rewriting development codes amid a political revolt over data center construction, triggered by a 438,500-square-foot Amazon data center ri…
California lawmakers passed a series of bills targeting the Trump administration's immigration policies and social media giants before the legislative session ended, including AB 1633, which would imp…
The Child Abuse Prevention Council of Contra Costa supports Meta's settlement with 47 states and other territories to implement new child safety rules on Facebook and Instagram, including time limits,…
Alameda County supervisors are considering a legal challenge to Senate Bill 1193, a new state law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Aug. 27 that requires the county to specify a public purpose for nonpro…
California's political battle over the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is brewing on two fronts: a legislative effort to narrow last year's CEQA exemptions and a ballot measure, Propositio…
The Trump administration has revived a proposal to end work authorization for certain spouses of H-1B visa holders, a move that could affect about 230,000 H-4 visa holders nationwide, according to the…
Moderna and Merck announced that their personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, Intismeran Autogene, combined with the immunotherapy Keytruda, reduced the risk of melanoma recurrence by 49% within five years…
Kalshi, a prediction market platform, permanently banned former U.S. Rep. George Santos and fined him $71,356 after determining he engaged in insider trading by betting against his own attendance at P…
OpenAI will end its partnership with Cursor, the AI-coding agent, after SpaceX's acquisition of the company, with a proposed shutoff date of Nov. 12. OpenAI stated it cannot be confident that SpaceX w…
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement posted a market-research notice Friday exploring the purchase of quadruped unmanned ground vehicles, known as robot dogs, as part of the Trump administration's e…
California's state Senate unanimously passed Assembly Bill 2700, which would require the California Public Utilities Commission to identify pathways for full restitution for victims of wildfires spark…
The Trump administration's final rule, approved this month by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will end federal funding for gender-affirming care for transgender youth on Medi-Cal, affect…
The independent Oakland Ballers minor league club has named fan Colt Rosensweig manager for its final regular-season game on Sunday against Long Beach Coast, based on her top 'fan value' in the team's…
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the First and Fifth amendments by threatening to deport noncitizen students who criticized Israel's actions in Gaza, in a case brought by T…
Merck & Co. and Moderna Inc. reported that their personalized mRNA cancer vaccine intismeran, combined with the immunotherapy Keytruda, kept melanoma from returning in a large late-stage Phase 3 trial…
Todd Blanche, confirmed as U.S. Attorney General by a single Senate vote, refused to pledge independence from the White House, signaling the Justice Department's continued subservience to President Do…