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Costco Recalls Prosecco Because Bottles Could Shatter Without Warning
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MaintainX, Inductive Automation Integration Turns Equipment Data Into Actionable Insights
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A worker holds a sign reading 'investing instead of saving' during a nationwide warning strike of the union IG Metal at the car maker FORD factory in Cologne, Germany, Germany, Oct. 29, 2024.
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In this March 9, 2017 file photo, an employee works at the assembly line for Golf 7 cars in the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany. The annual news conference of Volkswagen takes place on Tuesday March 14, 2017 in Wolfsburg.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the fast food bill surrounded by fast food workers at the SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles, on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.
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New California Law Raises Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers to $20 Per Hour
Fast food workers in the state will have the highest guaranteed base salary in the industry.
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Spring water flows from a BlueTriton pipe in the San Bernardino National Forest on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, in San Bernardino, Calif.
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Arrowhead Bottled Water Ordered to Stop Drawing from Springs
The company's work in the area dates back to 1885.
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Trucks line up to enter a Port of Oakland shipping terminal on Nov. 10, 2021, in Oakland, Calif.
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Truck Makers Pledge to Comply with California Rules Phasing Out Gas-Powered Vehicles
Some of the nation's largest truck makers said they will stop selling new gas-powered vehicles in California by the middle of the next decade.
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Fast food workers and their supporters march past the California state Capitol in Sacramento, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022.
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California's $22 Minimum Wage Law on Hold
But lawmakers may have found a way around it.
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A pump jack sits idle in front of palm trees on June 9, 2021, in Signal Hill, Calif.
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New Calif. Law Penalizes Oil Companies for Making Too Much Money
The governor has called the oil industry the second most powerful force on earth, trailing only Mother Nature.
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California Assembly member Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, a Democrat from Winters, California, speaks during a rally at the California Capitol on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif. Aguiar-Curry has introduced a bill that would require human drivers to be present for self-driving semitrucks.
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Self-Driving Semis Focus of California Rules, Legislation
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Insulin is displayed at Pucci's Pharmacy in Sacramento, Calif., on Friday, July 8, 2022. Hoping to reduce the rising cost of insulin, California plans to make its own insulin brand.
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Calif. Wants to Make Its Own Insulin
In an effort to lower price.
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Democratic Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco introduced a measure, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, that would make it easier for people to sue gun companies for liability in shooting injuries or deaths.
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California Bill Would Make it Easier to Sue Gun-Makers
Critics call it an illegal overreach.
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In this March 28, 2020, file photo, David Yee, an NPI mechanical engineer, tests voltage of new batteries at Bloom Energy in Sunnyvale, Calif. The COVID-19 outbreak has prompted companies large and small to rethink how they do business. Bloom Energy makes hydrogen fuel cells. But recently, they have been refurbishing old ventilators so hospitals can use them to keep coronavirus patients alive.
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Fuel Cell Engineer Fixes Ventilators
It was late when his boss called with an odd question.
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Abigail Disney, granddaughter of Walt Disney Co. co-founder Roy Disney, speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Disney testified before state lawmakers in support of a bill that would raise taxes on some of the country's largest corporations. The size of the tax increase would depend on the gap between what a company pays its CEO versus the average salary for employees. The larger the gap, the higher the tax increase.
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Calif. Targets Companies with Highly Paid Execs
Tax increases would depend on how much its highest-paid executive makes compared to its employees.
January 16, 2020
In this July 23, 2019, file photo, Gov. Gavin Newsom talks to reporters at his Capitol office, in Sacramento, Calif. California could become the first state with its own prescription drug label. Newsom announced Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, he wants California to contract with generic drug companies to make prescription medications on behalf of the state so it can sell them to the public. He said the goal is to lower prices by increasing competition in the generic market. State lawmakers must approve the plan before it can take effect.
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Calif. Could Start State Prescription Label
It could lower prices by increasing competition in the generic market.
January 9, 2020
In this Oct. 31, 2019, file photo, smoke from a wildfire known as the Maria Fire billows above Santa Paula, Calif. California's preemptive power shutoffs to prevent wildfires have affected more than just lights. Some lost their phones, too.
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Calif. Eyes Back-Up Power for Cellphone Towers
Outages affect more than just cellphones.
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In this June 19, 2008 file photo, a truck drives past Mt. Shasta, near Weed, Calif. California regulators will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019 about whether to require a certain percentage of truck sales to be zero emission vehicles. California has some of the worst air quality in the nation, largely driven by pollution from cars and trucks.
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Calif. Considers Zero Emission Truck Requirement
It could become the first to require a portion of new truck sales be electric or 'zero emission' vehicles.
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