California
Uber Forced Drivers to Click on Political Ads Ahead of Vote on Gig Worker Rights
The messaging has raised concerns that Uber is abusing its platform to sway drivers and customers for whom the app might be a primary source of information about California's Proposition 22.
The California GOP Is Defying a State Order to Remove Their Fake Ballot Boxes
The state GOP has placed ballot collection boxes marked "official" at gyms, churches, and gun shops—and it's refusing to remove them.
Instacart Asked Its Gig Workers to Distribute Propaganda That Would Hurt Them
"Please retrieve one Prop 22 sticker and insert and place it in your customer's order."
The California GOP Is Expanding Its Illegal Ballot Box Program With Trump’s Support
The state Republican Party says it will fight for its right to collect ballots in janky, homebrew ballot boxes in court.
Uber and Lyft's Shameless Propaganda Is Trying to Steal Protections From Drivers
Californians are receiving mailers aimed at deceiving progressive voters into supporting a proposition that would exempt gig economy companies from reclassifying drivers as employees.
California GOP Admits to Planting Fake Ballot Boxes and Refuses to Remove Them
The containers, labeled “Official ballot drop-off box,” have appeared at churches, gyms, and gun stores in recent weeks.
California Republicans Have Installed Fake Ballot Boxes at Churches, Gyms, and Gun Stores
These boxes are not official ballot drop boxes, and those actively promoting them could face criminal charges.
A School Got a COVID Case Days After Starting In-Person. It’s Still Open.
"We know it’s going to be devastating," one Los Alamitos High School teacher said.
Expect Domestic Violence to Skyrocket After the California Fires End
Domestic violence reports shot up by almost 300 percent after the Fort McMurray fires in Alberta, one expert said. The climate crisis will only make bad situations worse.
How I Get By: Five Days As a Cannabis Distributor During COVID
From Paris Hilton’s birthday party to anonymous dispensary runs.
California Relies on Incarcerated Women to Fight Wildfires. Then it Abandons Them.
The state's desperate pleas for firefighters overlooks the fact that institutional barriers are preventing thousands of formerly incarcerated women and people of color with firefighting experience from working as full-time professional firefighters.
Can You Put Out a Wildfire With a Laser Weapon?
He helped the military shoot down missiles with lasers. Now he wants to turn high power lasers on a different target—wildfires.