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Los Angeles restaurants are banding together to help each other navigate ICE immigration enforcement
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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July 9, 2025
LOS ANGELES — Restaurant owners say immigration enforcement is threatening their industry — already delicate in the wake of years-long hardships — but local restaurant owners are lending a helping hand to each other as they navigate the potential...
Tesla to expand robotaxis to San Francisco area within two months, Musk says
Channel News Asia
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July 10, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO :Tesla will expand its robotaxi service to the San Francisco Bay Area "in a month or two", depending on regulatory approvals, CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday. Tesla last month rolled out a test of the long-promised service in a...
Can San Francisco Make Good on its Promise to Redesign Its Mental Health System?
MindSite News
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July 9, 2025
San Francisco rally for housing, June 2025. Photo: Image from a Street Street collage Greetings, MindSite News Readers. In today’s Daily, a look at the hoped-for changes in San Francisco’s mental health system redesign at a time in which Mayor...
Homicide Rates Fall in Los Angeles; City On Pace to Have Record Low Murders Since 1968
California Globe
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July 10, 2025
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced on Wednesday that the city of Los Angeles is currently on pace to have the lowest number of homicides since 1968 – only 116 homicides being reported at the end of June. “Reports show that Los Angeles is on...
Bengaluru to Have Its Own ‘Yes San Francisco’ Initiative: Minister Priyank Kharge
Analytics India Magazine
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July 9, 2025
Karnataka’s minister of electronics, information technology & biotechnology, Priyank Kharge, announced on July 9 that Bengaluru will soon introduce its own ‘Yes San Francisco’ initiative. This program aims to promote sustainable development in the...
Report: Los Angeles Clippers waive former Penn State men's basketball wing Seth Lundy
The Daily Collegian - Pennsylvania
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A former Penn Stater is set to be on the NBA free agent market. The Los Angeles Clippers have waived Seth Lundy from his two-way contract, according to Law Murray of The Athletic. Per source: the LA Clippers are waiving 2-way contract Seth Lundy—...
Los Angeles mayor touts 20% decrease in homicides; city on pace for lowest numbers in 60 years
CBS Los Angeles - California
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Wednesday touted a sharp decline in the city's homicide rate in the first half of 2025, saying that the 20% decrease has the city on pace for the lowest total in nearly six decades. "Reports show that Los Angeles is...
Los Angeles Publicist Files Legal Complaint Against Multiple Parties
WWD - New York
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July 9, 2025
Amanda Archer, a public relations executive, has filed a legal complaint against Perfect Moment Ltd., one of its investors, and several other entities alleging sexual assault, battery, harassment, and contractual breaches. The Los Angeles-based...
San Francisco’s hidden engineering feat: How a tunnel helped rebuild a city
Civil Engineering - Virginia
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Building the Mile Rock Tunnel required blasting through rock as well as open-cut construction. (Photograph courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division/HAER No. CA-162) By Leslie Nemo Workers blasted through hundreds of feet...
California Highway Patrol to distribute more than $35 million in grants to help law enforcement fight impaired driving
KNVN - California
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Highway Patrol has announced the distribution of over $35 million in grants to various agencies across the state to combat impaired driving. According to the CHP, the funding will support 148 law enforcement...
California Expands Film and Television Tax Credit Program
National Law Review
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July 9, 2025
Highlights California is revamping their Film and Television Tax Credit Program to better compete with other domestic and international production incentive programs. The annual cap on available tax credits more than doubled, with an increase from...
California State Fair 2025: Everything you need to know
KCRA Sacramento's Channel 3
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July 9, 2025
THERE MAY OPEN AS SOON AS 2029. WELL, THE COUNTDOWN TO THE START OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR IS NOW ON. THE YEARS LONG CALIFORNIA TRADITION KICKS OFF THIS FRIDAY. SO TODAY WE GOT A CHANCE TO GO INSIDE FOR AN EARLY LOOK. KCRA 3’S LEE ANNE DENYER...
California VFW backs legislation against predatory claims services
KNVN - California
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California is advocating for new legislation aimed at protecting veterans from predatory claims assistance practices. On Tuesday, VFW State Commander David Kuta testified in support...
California company recalls black fungus slices after testing finds Salmonella
Food Safety News
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July 9, 2025
Natureen International Inc. of Walnut, CA, is recalling Wei-Chuan Dried Black Fungus Slices in 2.5-ounce bags because they are contaminated with Salmonella The recalled product was distributed in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,...
California AG Reaches Landmark $1.55 Million CCPA Settlement with Healthline Over Alleged Privacy Violations
JD Supra - California
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July 10, 2025
On July 1, 2025, the California Attorney General’s (AG) Office announced a record-setting $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media, a prominent provider of health and wellness information and operator of Healthline.com – reportedly one of...
California governor finishes South Carolina swing with Upstate stops
WYFF 4 - South Carolina
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July 10, 2025
California's governor wrapped up a two-day swing of South Carolina by visiting three mostly rural areas in the Upstate. Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, and South Carolina Democratic Party leaders visited communities in Seneca, Pickens and Laurens...
California is setting a dangerous precedent on trans athletes
Unherd
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July 9, 2025
Only a week after Trump wrested concessions from the University of Pennsylvania that will bar trans-identifying athletes from competing in women’s sports, his administration is facing resistance from state officials who are being subjected to the...
LGBTQ+ group fights back after ‘beloved’ Guatemalan drag queen detained by ICE in San Francisco
Pink News
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July 9, 2025
Hilary Rivers has been detained by ICE. (Instagram/hilary_riversh) A drag queen has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in San Francisco. Guatemalan drag performer Hilary Rivers had just heard a judge at his...
Legal showdown over immigration enforcement intensifies in LA
Smart Cities Dive
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Dive Brief: Dive Insight: President Donald Trump deployed federalized California Army National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles in June after protests erupted in response to federal immigration raids. On Monday, Bass confronted federal...
California anti-sweepstakes casino bill clears Senate panel, faces further review
Yogonet International
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July 9, 2025
A bill aimed at banning online sweepstakes casinos in California advanced in the state Senate on Tuesday, clearing the Governmental Organization Committee with unanimous support, despite concerns over its speed and scope. Assembly Bill 831,...