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All Jury Trials in California Suspended for 60 Days In State Supreme Court Order

March 25, 2020 4:34 pm

In a late Monday announcement, California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye issues a statewide order to suspend all jury trials for 60 days due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Two months of no jury trials The suspension, which had already...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 3 Senate Colleagues Sold off Stocks Before Coronavirus Crash

March 24, 2020 11:02 amMarch 24, 2020 12:19 pm

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California and three GOP Senate colleagues reported selling off stocks worth millions of dollars in the days before the coronavirus outbreak crashed the market, according to Fox News reports. Oklahoma Republican Senator Jim Inhofe, Georgia Republican...

PG&E To Pay Camp Fire Victims $13.5 Billion and Plead Guilty to 84 Counts of Involuntary Manslaughter

March 24, 2020 6:31 amMarch 25, 2020 11:32 am

On Monday, Pacific Gas and Electric plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of unlawfully starting the 2018 Camp Fire. One count for each victim PG&E also agreed to pay victims of the 2018 Camp Fire,...

AB 5 Making Coronavirus Crisis Worse in California’s Rural Areas Lacking Independent Healthcare Contractors

March 23, 2020 12:40 pmMarch 24, 2020 6:32 am

Two California politicians and thousands of Californians who are independent contractors, gig economy workers, and freelancers, are calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to use his Emergency Powers to suspend Assembly Bill 5’s restrictions on independent contracting during the COVID-19 crisis....

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Agency Sued By Environmental Groups

March 21, 2020 7:48 am

One of the largest pollution controls districts in California received a lawsuit on Wednesday, charging the district with favoritism toward oil companies among other alleged wrongdoings. The national environmental advocacy group Clean Water Action joined with 5 local environmental groups...

Newsom Executive Order Will Allow for Easier Mass Layoffs and Firings

March 19, 2020 4:32 pm

On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-31-20, greatly reducing the number of Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requirements needed for mass layoffs and firings. While the specifics of the order still require California employer’s to give...

California Pipeline Owner to Settle With EPA for $60 Million Over Santa Barbara Oil Spill

March 16, 2020 5:02 pm

Plains All American Pipeline agreed to settle with the Environmental Protection Agency over a 2015 oil spill in Santa Barbara County for $60 million on late Friday, almost ending an almost 5-year saga over the incident. The 2015 Refugio oil...