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March 27, 2024

Romanian mob is coming for your debit cards, with ATM-style skimmers now at self-checkouts: authorities warn

Romanian mobsters are stealing millions after entering the U.S. illegally to install debit card skimmers and drain American bank accounts, California prosecutors say.

March 26, 2024

Stanford University divided on merits of standardized testing after several colleges reinstate the measure

Stanford University faculty and students have debated standardized testing as the prestigious higher education institution considers reinstating the test in the admissions process.

March 26, 2024

California capital to vote on 'sanctuary city' status for transgender people

California's Capitol will consider a measure on Tuesday that will protect medical professionals who carry out gender transition surgeries on minors.

March 26, 2024

California high school embroiled in debate over app that times students' bathroom breaks

California's Fresno High School sparked debate after incorporating the 5-Star Students app to help track bathroom breaks, with some critical of its potential to invade privacy.

March 26, 2024

Berkeley abandons landmark natural gas ban after court battle

The City of Berkeley, California, has entered into a legal settlement with a restaurant industry group, agreeing to repeal its law banning natural gas in new construction.

March 26, 2024

LA burglars tunneled through businesses to reach jewelry store: 'Must have taken a lot of work'

Los Angeles burglars used sledgehammers to tunnel their way through three business and six walls in an attempt to reach a Chatsworth jewelry store on Monday morning.

March 26, 2024

Spinach salesman Popeye remains effective nearly a century after his debut

Spinach-loving comic-strip character Popeye debuted in 1929 and inspired an instant explosion in the popularity of the healthy leafy green, despite the challenges of the Great Depression.

March 26, 2024

Loggers cannot expand timber harvesting into Oregon national monument area, Supreme Court says

The Supreme Court declined to take up challenges to the 2017 expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, an expanse of wilderness along the California-Oregon border.

March 26, 2024

California community demands end to police calls for mental health emergencies after death of 15-year-old boy

A 15-year-old autistic boy was shot and killed in a confrontation with police in Southern California, sparking a debate over the role of police in mental health calls.

March 26, 2024

Biological men are now welcome in California women's prisons: 'An agenda for female erasure'

Amie Ichikawa, an activist and former inmate, warned of the harmful impacts of allowing male inmates to identify as transgender women and be housed in female prisons.