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Freshman Democrats back impeachment. Advocate proposes privacy bill of rights. Californians urged to 'refrain' from vaping.

Women's rights attorney comes under scrutiny in book on #MeToo movement. New alliance forms in battle over PG&E. Unions celebrate legislative wins.

California losing more school days to disasters. Newsom takes on Trump over homelessness, takes steps to crack down on e-cigarettes.

With new executive order Newsom wants to crack down on black market vaping products, fund more public awareness campaigns and raise taxes on e-cigs.

Labor-backed gig workers bill heads to Newsom's desk. Harris' progressive record is nuanced. Trump focuses on homelessness.

San Francisco-based Juul and other companies that produce and sell vaping products lobbied hard — and seem to have gotten exactly what they wanted out of the 2019 legislative session.

Good morning, California. “We can’t have two Californias.”—Lenny Mendonca, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s chief economic and business adviser, to the Washington Post’s Scott Wilson for a story about booming Bakersfield’s cool side. Bakersfield Sound fans knew it all along. What’s ahead for your phone California is about to take center stage in the proposed $26.5 billion […]

Legislation would get cannabis out of cash-only business. Pot growers get a reprieve in Carpinteria. Bill takes aim at cigarette butts.

As the Capitol passes the halfway point for making new laws this year, the progressive policies that are advancing amount to less of a torrent than a trickle.

In 2016, fewer than 6% of California adolescents reported trying cigarettes, down from 19% in 2003. Why on earth did legislators feel the need to intervene in such a hugely positive youth trend? For no apparent reason, they did. The results aren't pretty.