[ad_1] Fast food wage increase goes into effect next week Fast food wage increase goes into effect next week 02:30 Starting Monday, most California fast-food workers will earn at least $20 an hour — the highest minimum wage across the U.S. restaurant industry. Yet the pay hike is sparking furious debate, with some restaurant owners … Read more
[ad_1] Sacramento, Calif. — State Farm will discontinue coverage for 72,000 houses and apartments in California starting this summer, the insurance giant said this week, nine months after announcing it wouldn’t issue new home policies in the state. The Illinois-based company, California’s largest insurer, cited soaring costs, the increasing risk of catastrophes like wildfires and … Read more
[ad_1] Howard County Police hand out AirTags and SmartTags to track stolen Hyundais and Kias Howard County Police hand out AirTags and SmartTags to track stolen Hyundais and Kias 02:08 A judge on Tuesday denied Apple’s motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit claiming that stalkers are using its AirTag devices to track victims and that … Read more
[ad_1] Online retailer eBay Inc., will pay a $3 million fine to resolve criminal charges over a harassment campaign waged by employees who sent live spiders, cockroaches and other disturbing items to the home of a Massachusetts couple, according to court papers filed Thursday. The Justice Department charged eBay in a criminal information with stalking, … Read more
[ad_1] Fei-Fei Li, known as the “Godmother of A.I.,” has spent more than 20 years in the field of artificial intelligence, developing the groundbreaking technology and advocating for its use in ethical ways. Now, Li helms Stanford University’s artificial intelligence lab, where the professor leads a team of graduate students teaching robots to mimic human … Read more
[ad_1] Raw Video: SJPD press conference on PG&E transformer attack suspect Peter Karasev Raw Video: SJPD press conference on PG&E transformer attack suspect Peter Karasev 14:12 Now’s your chance to own a luxury California home — complete with “meth lab and meth “contamination” — for sale at $1.55 million. The six-bedroom house in tony San … Read more
[ad_1] California is outlawing so-called junk fees, taking aim at a common business practice that frustrates many consumers and has drawn the attention of federal regulators and the Biden administration. Still, Californians will have to wait until next year for the new law to go into effect, with Gov. Gavin Newsom signing legislation on Saturday that … Read more
[ad_1] New bill aims to increase minimum wage for California fast food workers New bill aims to increase minimum wage for California fast food workers 02:19 Most of California’s 500,000 fast-food workers would be paid at least $20 per hour next year under a new bill aimed at ending a standoff between labor unions and … Read more
[ad_1] No longer content simply to ask where the beef is, a growing number of consumer are going to court to find out and filing lawsuits claiming that restaurants are being deceptive in how they market their menu items. Burger King is the latest company in the crosshairs. In August, a federal judge in Florida … Read more
[ad_1] Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty at Manhattan arraignment Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty at Manhattan arraignment 00:32 FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is surviving on bread, water and sometimes peanut butter because the jail where he’s housed continues to serve him a “flesh diet” despite requests for vegan dishes, his attorneys told a magistrate judge … Read more