The Latest Breaking News from California

Legal battle in California over proposed ballot measure impacting transgender youth in schools and parental rights.

Californians for Safer Communities reported filing over 900,000 signatures on April 18 in support of an initiative that would make changes to Proposition 47, which California voters approved in 2014 by a vote of 59.6% to 40.4%. Proposition 47 classified certain crimes as misdemeanors instead of felonies unless the defendant…

Golden state expanded abortion access after Roe was repealed in 2022 while neighboring state is set to enact near-total ban

Which is bad news for anyone hoping to rent a place to live.

Three California police officers charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Mario Gonzalez Arenales after a new investigation revealed 'Restrain...

State revealed as America’s overwhelming emitter of sulfuryl fluoride, used by $4.2bn pest-control industry to kill termites

Oregon's Bo Nix and Washington's Michael Penix Jr. eventually falling to the Patriots and the Raiders in Round 2, respectively.

Welcome to the Friday, April 19, Brew. 

Myles Bonnar investigates the wild story of a California busker who fled Scotland. Plus: how Gaza divides American campuses. Here’s what to watch this evening