California, which prides itself on being a global leader in environmental innovation, should be championing advancements in plastics recycling, not attacking them.

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta secured a five-year and four-month prison sentence for organized retail crime ringleader Michelle Mack. Mack and her husband, Kenneth, pleaded guilty

Michelle Mack, 54, was also ordered to pay $3 million in restitution to Ulta and Sephora, as those stores were the ones targeted by members of the theft ring.

With questions swirling over immigration in President-elect Donald Trump’s second term, El Cajon’s city council is working on a measure looking to affirm its cooperation with federal immigration authorities as they seek clarity on the tension between state and federal policies.

A Bonsall woman who ran a retail theft ring that targeted stores nationwide and resulted in millions of dollars in losses was sentenced Thursday to five years and four months in state prison.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta held a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 16, warning price gougers that they will be held accountable for increased prices trying to take advantage of LA

Student loans will be discharged for over 260,000 former students of San Diego-based online school Ashford University, officials said.

The oil giant ExxonMobil this week sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta, alleging that the state’s chief lawyer has been motivated by “foreign influence, personal ambition, and a murky source of financing rife with conflicting business interests.”

The $4.5 billion in debt forgiven for Ashford students will be the latest discharged for students whose schools took advantage of them or closed, the Biden administration said, per the Union-Tribune; in all, the number is $34 billion for nearly 2 million borrowers who attended such institutions.

"They’re not going to give information to federal authorities, they're not going to enforce the federal law themselves and in general that’s perfectly legal."

Ashford borrowers approved for a discharge will receive emails from the Department of Education in the coming days.