A frame of video showing two Huntington Park Police officers pointing their guns at 36-year-old Anthony Lowe Jr., a double amputee, moments before he was shot and killed by police. (via Twitter/Mike Sington) A Los Angeles County police department is facing intense criticism this week after a video surfaced on social media of two officers fatally shooting a double amputee moving away from them. The short video showed the 36-year-old Black man, Anthony Lowe Jr., missing the bottom halves of both… Source link
Read More »California police fatally shoot double amputee, raising the question: Was lethal force justified?
A frame of video showing two Huntington Park Police officers pointing their guns at 36-year-old Anthony Lowe Jr., a double amputee, moments before he was shot and killed by police. (via Twitter/Mike Sington) A Los Angeles County police department is facing intense criticism this week after a video surfaced on social media of two officers fatally shooting a double amputee moving away from them. The short video showed the 36-year-old Black man, Anthony Lowe Jr., missing the bottom halves of both… Source link
Read More »Texas, Florida saw the biggest population gains last year as more than 600,000 people fled New York, California
A growing number of Americans packed up and moved south in 2022, while bailing out of New York and California. Texas saw the largest net population gain for the one-year period ended July 1, 2022, with more than 450,000 people moving to the state, according to a new report from analysts led by Rafe Jadrosich at Bank of America Global Research. The firm cited data from the U.S. Census Bureau data and U-Haul rates in building its report. Florida saw the second-largest net population gain over… Source link
Read More »Google cut over 1,800 California jobs, including massage therapists
Google headquarters is seen in Mountain View, California, United States on September 26, 2022. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Google eliminated over 1,800 jobs in its home state California as part of the biggest round of layoffs in company history. On Friday, Alphabet-owned Google announced it was cutting 12,000 employees, roughly 6% of the full-time workforce. According to filings released by the state and viewed by… Source link
Read More »Google Beats a CIPA Case—But the Ruling Likely Paves the Way for Another Generation of California Privacy Claims – TCPAWorld
Happy Sunday my fellow CIPA followers! I am currently en route to Florida (the Czar is currently snoozing in flight next to me. I have video evidence for anyone who wants it). And traveling cross country always reminds me of how much I LOVE California (including keeping up to date with their new CIPA rulings.) So let’s get to talking about all things California: In litigation there are good wins and bad wins. This is definitely an awful win. A good win puts away an issue forever. The… Source link
Read More »California sports betting bills deemed ‘critical to the future of the entire industry’ likely to fail
The 2022 midterm elections had the potential to become one of the biggest days in the sports betting industry, which has been experiencing years of seemingly exponential growth in the market. But Tuesday will likely be when one of the fastest-growing industries in the U.S. gets a reality check, given that two ballot sports betting measures in California that are expected to fail. California voters will be asked to decide on Proposition 26, which would allow in-person sports gambling on tribal… Source link
Read More »Gas prices in California ‘are retesting their 2022 highs,’ pushing up national average
Gas prices in California are heading painfully higher once again, sending the national average up for the second straight week to over $3.80 per gallon. The average price for a gallon of gas in California was $6.41 on Tuesday, according to AAA, roughly $0.03 short of the record set in June. In Los Angeles County, the average price for a gallon of gas was $6.46 compared to the national average of $3.81. “That’s very much a disproportionate increase,” GasBuddy Head of Petroleum Analysis… Source link
Read More »California Justices Question Yahoo Insurer’s Coverage Denial (1)
California Supreme Court justices on Tuesday questioned an insurance company’s rationale for denying coverage to Yahoo! Inc., as the company fends off class actions arising from alleged Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., declined coverage, concluding the legacy internet company’s policies didn’t cover allegations it had sent unsolicited spam text messages, even though the parties had negotiated separate coverage for… Source link
Read More »California Justices Question Yahoo! Insurer’s Denial of Coverage
California Supreme Court justices on Tuesday questioned an insurance company’s rationale for denying coverage to Yahoo! Inc., as the company fends of class actions arising from alleged Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., declined coverage, concluding the legacy internet company’s policies didn’t cover allegations it had sent unsolicited spam text messages, even though the parties had negotiated separate coverage for… Source link
Read More »California Justices Question Yahoo Insurer’s Coverage Denial (1)
California Supreme Court justices on Tuesday questioned an insurance company’s rationale for denying coverage to Yahoo! Inc., as the company fends off class actions arising from alleged Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., declined coverage, concluding the legacy internet company’s policies didn’t cover allegations it had sent unsolicited spam text messages, even though the parties had negotiated separate coverage for… Source link
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