Bay Area
California new laws for 2024: Employees get protection for using cannabis
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Employers in California can’t ask workers about their use of cannabis outside the workplace and can’t use hair or urine tests.Bay Area
California is pressing universities to repatriate thousands of Native American remains and artifacts, but results are mixed
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Only UCLA and Cal State Long Beach have returned a majority of their collections back to local tribes.California
Cal State faculty to hold statewide strike in January
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Negotiations between the union representing CSU faculty and the chancellor's office have been stalled for months.Real Estate
Assembly committee on retail theft calls for more data, reforms during its first hearing
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Representatives from retail, real estate, public policy, and law enforcement fields shared information.Housing
State’s end-of-year affordable housing bonanza likely to leave dozens of near-ready projects ‘mothballed’
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The state has hundreds of millions to spend, but developers say they need billions.Bay Area
California is raising the minimum wage for 2 industries. Others could see pay hikes, too
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Fast-food workers and health workers will see minimum pay rates increase.California
California man who joined hunger strike in ICE detention seeks $1 million in complaint
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California remains at the center of debates nationwide over migrant populations.homelessness
Domestic violence shelters, a guardrail against homelessness, face steep funding cuts
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Oakland-based shelter is among hundreds scrambling to stay afloat.Around Town
