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Uber and Lyft new law for criminal background checks

  By Saeed Villanueva |Staff Writer| New California law will force all Uber and Lyft drivers to undergo criminal background checks.  On September 28 California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law that will require all Uber and Lyft…


Reduce petroleum use

By Jennifer Martinez |Staff Writer| Gov. Jerry Brown is planning to move forward with his goal of reducing California’s petroleum use in half by 2030, according to the LA Times.   Last month, Gov. Brown…


Job skills gap continues to grow

By Cherie Brower |Staff Writer| California’s field of employment becomes more barren as the years pass.   By 2030, there will be 1.1 million fewer bachelor degree holding Californians in the state’s workforce, according to…


Gov. Brown pushes for pot

By Raequan Harrison |Staff Writer| Gov. Jerry Brown is advocating for new bills to govern medical marijuana laws. Three bills were approved to the ballot this past week that propose reform in the medical marijuana…


CSU wants money for more students

By Daniela Rueda |Staff Writer| The California State University system hopes to get $59 million more in state funding to expand enrollment in the next academic year by 10,000 students. Gov. Jerry Brown announced that he…


CSUs may receive millions

By Jorge Campos |Staff Writer| Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a $115.3 million spending plan that could provide millions for the Cal State University system. In return for the spending plan, Brown proposed on Thursday, May…


CA universities postpones maintenance

By Santiago Castillo |Staff Writer| The CSU system has $1.8 billion in critical maintenance backlog due to budget cuts. “CSU hasn’t received funding for deferred maintenance since 2007-08,” according to The San Bernardino Sun. Due…


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Obama turns attention toward California drought

By Greg Avetisyan |Assistant Sports Editor| The state of California is in its worst dry spell in the last 100 years. President Obama made a trip down to Southern California to address the drought. Obama…



Prop 30: Not living up to its promises

By Lynn Post |Staff Writer| Students in California believed that Proposition 30 promised no more tuition hikes, but as usual this political mash up has just created confusion about where the money was supposed to…