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Marcus Cummins grew up dreaming of becoming a doctor, but the Central Valley, California, native didn’t have Black physicians to look up to. At times he doubted himself, but he credits the determination he developed as a receiver on the University of California-Davis football team to get him through his studies. “Being a collegiate athlete

A major legal victory for Tesla Inc. came to fruition on Friday as the California Superior Court ruled in the company’s favor in a high-profile lawsuit. The case revolved around an accident in 2019 involving Tesla’s Autopilot system, which the plaintiff claimed was responsible for the crash. The court ultimately determined that the driver, not

The California Assembly’s Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Tuesday approved a first-in-the-nation bill to ban five harmful chemicals from candy, cereals, and other processed food. That approval followed the Assembly’s Health Committee’s “do pass” recommendation earlier this month. The bill, AB 418, sponsored by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, would end the use of brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, Red Dye No. 3 and titanium dioxide in popular

California lawmakers on Monday approved the nation’s first penalty for price gouging at the pump, voting to give regulators the power to punish oil companies for profiting from the type of gas price spikes that plagued the nation’s most populous state last summer. The Democrats in charge of the state Legislature worked quickly to pass

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A federal judge said this week that she will begin fining California potentially tens of thousands of dollars daily after more than 200 prison inmates killed themselves during eight years in which state corrections officials failed to complete court-ordered suicide prevention measures. Addressing a chronic tragedy that has plagued the state for decades, Chief U.S.

Lilia Becerril was told she has cysts in her right breast five years ago, but without insurance, she can’t afford follow-up imaging to find out if they are cancerous. A bill would allow residents without legal status, like Becerril, to purchase coverage through Covered California, the state’s health insurance exchange. (Heidi de Marco / KHN)