California
California was established as the 31st state on September 9, 1850. It consists of 163,696 square miles of land, is in the Pacific Time Zone (three hours behind the Eastern Time Zone), and its most-populated city is Los Angeles. The capital is Sacramento.
These are stories involving people, companies, products or services that are based in or otherwise connected to California.
Sacramento NPR member station CapRadio lays off 12 employees
Sacramento NPR member station CapRadio is laying off 12 percent of its employees to address a slowdown in donations.
Basketball player settles defamation case against Sacramento Bee
Richaun Holmes has settled a defamation case brought against the Sacramento Bee after being smeared as a domestic abuser in a series of newspaper columns.
California bill to charge Facebook, Google for news on hold
A California lawmaker has put on hold a bill that would allow news publishers to charge Facebook and Google for linking to their content.
California radio stations knocked off air by cyberattack
A cyberattack left several California radio stations unable to broadcast last week, the owner of the stations revealed this week.
Sacramento to lose K-HITS for Regional Mexicana
Sacramento's top classic hits radio station is about to go off the air.
California residents with TCL TVs to get $40 under settlement
Residents of California who bought a TCL TV set between 2016 and 2021 could get a $40 settlement check.
AT&T ends “sponsored data” scheme after California net neutrality law takes effect
AT&T says it will stop its "sponsored data" scheme that allowed customers to use certain streaming television apps without restriction.
Under Biden, DOJ drops challenge to California’s net neutrality rules
The Department of Justice has withdrawn its federal legal challenge to California's network neutrality framework.