Why Are California’s Legal Marijuana Sales So Low?
"Grey and black market consumers don't get hit with stiff sales and excise taxes, and if they can still get it from the guy down the street, why pay those high, state-legal prices?"
California Town Hired Private Law Firm to Sue Citizens, Conceal Massive Costs
"Fontana is the third California desert town now known to have used this firm to prosecute nuisance cases and code violations, then turn around and demand thousands of dollars from citizens months—even years—after they settle."
California man is exonerated after 25 years on death row
"If Prop 66 had been in place when Mr. Benavides was convicted, he’d almost certainly be dead. He’d never have lived to see his exoneration."
The Golden State Killer has been found, and he was a police officer
"After four decades of frustration for detectives, it turned out the suspect had been living under their noses all along."
Americans Are Voting with Their Feet for Economic Freedom
"Who’d a-thunk it? Americans vote with their feet because they value jobs, economic freedom and prosperity, entrepreneurship, lower taxes, and less government over the opposite?"
So Many People Are Fleeing the S.F. Bay Area, It’s Hard to Find a U-Haul
"A study of the out-migration by Joint Venture Silicon Valley says workers are moving to Sacramento, Austin, and Portland due to a number of factors. But topping the list is the high cost of housing."
Peter Thiel is reportedly exiting Silicon Valley
"Investor Peter Thiel is moving his residence and business operations from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The decision underscores a growing divide between the outspoken tech industry conservative and Silicon Valley."
San Francisco confiscates private street from Taiwanese investor, out $90k
"The street's enhanced security and isolated location have attracted some of the wealthiest and most powerful politicians in California over the years, including Sen. Dianne Feinstein and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Cheng says the outcome of the hearing shows that a different standard of government applies to the rich and politically connected in San Francisco."
California Coffee Will Now Be Served With Cancer Warnings
"At least 13 companies, most recently 7-Eleven, have settled with the Council for Education and Research on Toxics (CERT) after its 2010 lawsuit, and promised to add warnings to served coffee, CNN reports. The suit asks for the warning to say this is a 'chemical known to cause cancer' or 'chemical that causes cancer' in a label at least 10 inches by 10 inches in the establishment."
County coroner’s error leads to California family burying the wrong man
"A woman at the coroner's office said — apparently incorrectly — that identification had been made through fingerprints. Another family member who talked to the coroner's office said a woman told her Kerrigan also had been found with his identification, according to the lawsuit. Last May, Kerrigan's family buried a man. Eleven days later, Kerrigan turned up at a family friend's house. The friend called Kerrigan's family to tell them he was alive. The man the Kerrigan family had buried turned out to be a Kansas native named John Dickens, who had to be exhumed before he was cremated and sent to his mother in Kansas."