California’s AB 2095 could change how employers consider criminal history in hiring. Learn what the proposal means for ...

Broadly speaking, California law requires minors to attend school, but it also protects students’ rights to speak out.

Petitioner Christopher Gutierrez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: CHRISTOPHER ALAN GUTIERREZ to Proposed name: CHRISTOPHER ALAN LOVE; Present name ...

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Civil Rights Department reached multiple settlements this week addressing allegations of discrimination in both a public school district and a private business, ...

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several new bills into law in 2025, with many of them addressing issues that continue to impact Californians such as consumer protections, labor and workplace ...

New rights give car buyers a 3-day window to return a used vehicle for a refund and mandate that landlords must equip apartments with stoves and refrigerators starting in the new year. Labor ...

New rights give car buyers a 3-day window to return a used vehicle for a refund and mandate that landlords must equip apartments with stoves and refrigerators starting in the new year. Labor ...

3:22 ‘We’re going to start working in Sudan’: Trump announces military partnership with Saudi Arabia Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived Wednesday in Abu Dhabi to seek more ties with the United Arab ...

The settlement traces back to 2023, when a Whole Foods worker at a Berkeley store alleged that she faced discrimination and was eventually fired in retaliation for requesting accommodations related to ...