Alameda and Contra Costa County Sheriffs Flew Drones Over Protests
By Dave Maass and Mike Katz-Lacabe At the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in October, presenters from the Orlando Police Department issued a…
California
Sacramento County Welfare Division Terminates Automated License Plate Reader Program
By Dave Maass The Sacramento County’s Department of Human Assistance (DHA) is terminating its invasive automated license plate reader (ALPR) program, following an EFF investigation…
5G “Epidemic” to Hit Sacramento, also Los Angeles, Houston, Indianapolis
By Nina Beety Officials may say it was a bad flu with strange features that hit Sacramento residents, and that vaccines could not prevent it….
Billionaire Uses $25 Million Yacht to Bring Supplies to Fire Victims But Police Don’t Let Him Ashore
By Matt Agorist Malibu, CA — Howard Leight, co-owner of the Malibu Rocky Oaks winery, is a billionaire tech industry mogul who lost most of his…
Why Hasn’t Geoengineering Been Used To Stop The California Wildfires?
By Aaron Kesel Apparently, weather can be used for warfare as U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen has previously said, but it can’t be used to…
If A Pretrial A.I. Risk Assessment Tool Does Not Satisfy These Criteria, It Needs to Stay Out of the Courtroom
By Hayley Tsukayama and Jamie Williams Algorithms should not decide who spends time in a California jail. But that’s exactly what will happen under S.B….
Surveillance Targets Deserve Answers About Mysterious Wiretaps
By EFF New Information Could Get to the Bottom of Riverside’s Massive Wiretap Campaign Riverside, CA – Two individuals with no criminal record—one of whom…
California Hit By 39 Earthquakes Within 24 Hours As Scientists Warn Of “Movement Along The San Andreas Fault”
By Michael Snyder A series of large earthquakes has rattled California over the last 24 hours, and scientists are telling us that the shaking was…
In California, Home Sales Are Plunging Like It Is 2008 All Over Again
By Michael Snyder What goes up must eventually come down. For years, the California housing market was on the cutting edge of “Housing Bubble 2”…
“Can Pan,” The 2018 Mid-term Elections California Battle Cry For Health, Religious & Fully Informed Medical Consent Freedoms
By Catherine J. Frompovich California State Senator Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), the notorious primary co-sponsor of the unconstitutional SB277, which became effective and forced law July…
Signed by the Governor: California Law Allows People to Expunge Some Marijuana Charges
By Michael Maharrey SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Oct. 4, 2018) – On Sunday, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that creates a process to expunge or…
What The New California Gun Control Bills Mean
By Chris Browning Recently, Governor Jerry Brown of California signed a number of new gun control bills into law while vetoing several others. Even though…
Cell Phone Right to Know Ordinance Sustained in Berkley, CA
By B.N. Frank Resurrecting 2012 Federal “Cell Phone Right to Know” Act is Long Overdue. Hooray for Berkeley, CA! Their “Cell Phone Right to Know”…
Busted: CA Police Dept Used Self-Erasing “TigerText” Messaging App to Conceal Evidence
By Mac Slavo A police department in California has gotten busted for using a smartphone app that automatically and permanently deletes text messages, possibly (and…