Sacramento Bee | February 9, 2026 |  The kinds of DNA-collecting techniques that fuel crime fiction and courtroom TV dramas could soon come with criminal penalties in California when collected without consent by everyday people. A new bill proposed by an…

California Post | February 9, 2026 |  Californians have seen their energy bills spike by 39% over the past six years — the most by far of any state, according to UC Berkeley’s Haas Energy Institute — thanks in part to…

(The Center Square) – California is experiencing the country’s biggest hikes in electricity rates, according to new research from the Energy Institute at the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley. The research was detailed in a blog post written…

The California Legislature is back in session this week, and those representing communities in Orange County largely seem to be in agreement over what issue will be at the forefront of work this year. If you guessed affordability, you’d be…

(The Center Square) – A controversial Vietnamese film that depicts a long Vietnam War battle is under consideration for an Oscar nomination, according to California Assemblymember Tri Ta, R-Westminster. Ta wrote a letter, dated Oct. 5, to the Academy of Motion…