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August 19, 2025
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Court to Weigh if California Can Legally Require Women on Corporate Boards
The state passed the nation's first law requiring women on the boards of publicly traded companies.
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In this Wednesday, Oct.6, 2021 aerial image taken with a drone, workers in protective suits clean the contaminated beach after an oil spill in Newport Beach, Calif. California's uneasy relationship with the oil industry is being tested again by the latest spill to foul beaches and kill birds and fish off Orange County.
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Data Shows Ship Crossed Over Oil Pipeline that Ruptured
Investigators are examining whether the anchor from the container ship caught the pipe and pulled it across the seafloor.
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Records Show Slow Response to Report of California Oil Spill
The spill sent up to 126,000 gallons of heavy crude into the ocean.
October 5, 2021
In this July 26, 2018, file photo, former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna watch the U.S. national championships swimming meet in Irvine, Calif. Federal safety officials are expected to vote Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, on what likely caused the helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others to crash into a Southern California hillside last year, killing all aboard.
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NTSB: Kobe Bryant Crash Caused by Pilot Error
The board said it was likely he felt self-induced pressure to deliver Bryant to the destination.
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Uber driver Jose Luis Guevara, a member of the Mobile Workers Alliance, pauses for a picture outside Los Angeles City Hall. Drivers for app-based ride-hailing and delivery services are suing to overturn a California ballot initiative.
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Uber, Lyft Drivers Sue over California Ballot Measure
Drivers bringing the lawsuit have several hurdles to clear, but their arguments are "compelling."
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The measure keeps drivers classified as independent contractors.
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Calif. Gov. Calls for Protecting 30% of State Land
California is the first state to join 38 countries that have made similar commitments.
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The lawsuits claim Chevron, Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, BP, Royal Dutch Shell and others created a public nuisance.
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In this frame grab from video, Tesla CEO Elon Musk leaves court, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, in Los Angeles. Musk denied that he meant to call a British cave diver a pedophile when he dubbed him 'pedo guy' on social media.
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He was upset the British diver had belittled his efforts to build a mini-submarine to assist 14 boys trapped in a Thai cave.
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