California becomes biggest U.S. state to launch virus contact-tracing app - Yahoo Finance

California on Monday announced an app to help people track their exposure to the coronavirus, becoming the biggest U.S. state to take advantage of new technology from smartphone software makers ... Read More

Return-to-office order delayed for thousands of California state workers

Nearly 100,000 California state workers will have their return-to-office mandate delayed by a year, under a new agreement between the state and SEIU Local 1000. Read More

California wildfire explodes, becomes largest in US | Reuters

July 27 (Reuters) - Thousands of firefighters were battling a rapidly growing wildfire in northern California on Saturday after the blaze more than doubled in size in a 24-hour span. The Park Fire ... Read More

California reports bird flu in two people in contact with infected cows | Reuters

CHICAGO, Oct 3 (Reuters) - California, the biggest U.S. milk-producing state, on Thursday confirmed two human cases of bird flu in people who had contact with dairy cattle infected by the virus ... Read More

California becomes world's 4th-largest economic superpower

If the state of California was its own country, it would be the fourth-largest economic superpower, according to the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Read More

Fresno in California becomes only second US city to ban caste discrimination | Reuters

Fresno, California, became only the second U.S. city to ban caste discrimination after a unanimous city council vote that added caste and indigeneity as two new protected categories into its ... Read More

California court weighs fate of law treating app-based drivers as contractors | Reuters

Judges on California's top court on Tuesday considered whether voters had the power to allow app-based services such as Uber and Lyft to classify drivers in the state as independent contractors ... Read More

California's economy becomes the fourth largest in the world

California's annual GDP in 2024 surpassed Japan's to become the fourth-largest economy in the world. Gov. Gavin Newsom (right) stands at a lectern with State Attorney General Rob Bonta (left). Read More

California becomes first state to start ranking extreme heat waves - USA TODAY

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a heat wave ranking system bill aimed at preparing the state for dangerous extreme heat events.. The law takes effect in January. The California ... Read More

Biggest California utility sees more than 40% jump in data center interest, executive says | Reuters

PG&E , California's largest electric utility, has seen a jump of more than 40% this year in requests for power supplies from data center developers across the northern part of the state, an ... Read More

California becomes eighth state to support IDs in Wallet app

While California may be in the process of rolling out the feature, many other states have already adopted it. Arizona was the first state to allow residents to add their IDs to Wallet, all the way ... Read More

U.S. contact-tracing efforts on Covid-19 falter on privacy worries, technology gap - MarketWatch

Medill News Service U.S. contact-tracing efforts on Covid-19 falter on privacy worries, technology gap Fears of ‘big gov’ and ‘big tech’ hamper contact-tracing apps ... Read More