A state appeals court has reinstated — at least for now — California’s law allowing terminally ill people to end their lives.
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California’s efforts to restrict Elon Musk’s flamethrowers go down in flames
Enlarge (credit: Boring Company) A California state bill that would have more heavily regulated the use of flamethrowers has now effectively fizzled out in a legislative committee. In light of this development, there’s nothing to stop Boring Company customers in California from receiving the company’s sold-out flamethrowers. On May 26, the day after the bill […]
NHTSA proposal would override California’s tougher emissions rules
The Trump administration hasn’t been shy about wanting to roll back emissions and fuel economy guidelines, but there’s been a key obstacle to that: California. It has a waiver permitting it to apply tougher emissions standards, and that (combined with support from 12 other states) effectively dictates the rules for automakers across the US. Officials […]
EPA says auto emissions standards are too high, questions California’s waiver
Enlarge / Car Exhaust With Two Tailpipes (credit: Getty Images) Scott Pruitt, Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced today that he had made a “final determination” to revise current vehicle emissions standards for model year 2022-2025 vehicles. Pruitt did not specify any new standards at this time; instead, he stated that he would […]
California’s first proposed per-ride city tax to raise Uber, Lyft prices
Enlarge / Oakland City Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan, seen here in 2010. (credit: Daniel Aruaz / Flickr) OAKLAND, Calif.—A local city council member is beginning to float the idea of taxing ridehailing companies like Uber and Lyft as a possible way to raise millions of dollars and help pay for local public transportation and infrastructure improvements. […]
A Bid to Solve California’s Housing Crisis Could Redraw How Cities Grow
California State Senator Scott Wiener is pushing a bill that would rejigger zoning laws—and fight climate change, reduce traffic, and build a new urban future https://media.wired.com/photos/5a790700e82f60258551be6e/master/pass/Wiener-FeatureArt.jpg
The Dirty Secret of California’s Cannabis: It’s Dirty
As cannabis use goes recreational in California, producers are facing a reckoning: They’ll either have to clean up their act, or get out of the legal market. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a73bf6ce2293b5a51131ea9/master/pass/morgan_heim_toxicology-5868-bioGraphic.jpg
California’s Bay Area struck by 4.4-mag earthquake
Published time: 4 Jan, 2018 11:30 A 4.4-magnitude earthquake has been recorded in Oakland, California, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake struck about 3km east of Berkeley, at a depth of 13km. There were no immediate reports of injury or damage, Reuters reports. Let’s block ads! (Why?) RT – Daily news
California’s newest drug dealers: like an Apple Store, but with weed
To rebrand legal recreational cannabis, you have to “get rid of stoner culture,” says MedMen’s head of marketing. CBC | Health News
California’s cannabis market is expected to soar to $5.1 billion — and it’s going to be bigger than beer
AP Photo/Richard Vogel California is set to begin sales of recreational marijuana on January 1. The market is expected to hit $ 3.7 billion in 2018 alone, and that number will increase to over $ 5 billion in 2019. Legal marijuana will be a tax windfall for the state. Recreational cannabis sales are set […]
