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Clariti recently announced the launch of Clarita AI Studio, which offers municipalities customized workshops that demonstrate how AI can reduce delays and drudge work, and improve consistency in the permitting and review process. Clarita's AI plan review tool, CivCheck, has already proven to reduce plan review times by 70% in Honolulu. The announcement comes as municipalities across the United States face pressure to streamline housing development.

Solis remembers when water surged into her Lucky Drive neighborhood in January as storms and King Tides swelled nearby Corte Madera Creek. "Things got bad quickly," she said. "There were no signs from the city or county about flooding. We had no idea it was going to get that bad."

Quarterly reports on who has received monetary relief and in what amount will be sent to the attorney general. Claims will not be processed after 1 December 2028, at which point any remaining amount will be returned to the federal government, according to the DoJ. The DoJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment on how it would address Newsom's proposed tax.

Simi Valley police arrested Frank Blessing on Wednesday morning after they said the 58-year-old ran his sport utility vehicle into a doughnut shop. He later allegedly rammed a police cruiser while attacking an office, before being arrested in the early-morning hours. Blessing was booked on several felonies, including attempted murder, assault on a peace officer, resisting an executive officer, vandalism and driving under the influence.

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Officials can also confirm there are 9 employees who remain unaccounted for. The vat - on a paper mill operated by Nippon Dynawave Packaging - contained "white liquor," a chemical combination of sodium hydroxide, sodium sulfide, and disodium carbonate. Officials initially reported the vat held 80,000 gallons of the deadly chemical, but officials later confirmed it actually held more than ten times that amount. Around 90,000 gallons remain inside the tank, which remains unstable - hindering search and rescue operations for the missing workers, officials said in a Tuesday evening press conference.

Honolulu Police arrested Radimak after he exchanged words with an 18-year-old woman parking her car on Halekauwila Street, officials said. Radimak was accused of getting out of his car and assaulting her and a 35-year-old woman before fleeing. He was charged with one count of unauthorized entry into a car, and two counts of assault in the third degree.

Shortly after 4:30 p.m. Sunday, emergency dispatchers received a report of a man who went missing while swimming in the lake, Truckee police said. When first responders arrived at Donner Lake, they learned Juan Carlos Garcia-Guitierrez, 36, had been using a pontoon boat on the lake. He jumped off the pontoon boat to swim but was not wearing a personal floatation device.

After three years of closures that shuttered different sections of Highway 1, truncating the 100-mile drive between Carmel and Cambria, the area has seen a surge in tourism that officials want to ensure doesn't overrun the area. As of this month, restaurants and retail locations in Big Sur have seen about a 40% surge in weekend crowds compared with 2025 levels, and hotel revenues up 200% from last year during the spring season, according to new data from Caltrans.

Advocates, like Mousharrafie from the student club, want to keep it open until 2045.  "We need to build huge amounts of clean power cause the climate crisis is a now issue," he said.

Newsom signed the order Thursday, which directs the state to develop new tools to track AI's impact on employment, including a report on early warning signs of workforce disruption, a public dashboard monitoring changes across sectors, and expanded business input in monthly jobs reporting, according to a news release.

San Francisco operates a Housing First model, the same philosophy Ireland has adopted but has struggled to fully implement. The principle is simple: people cannot stabilise their lives until they have a home. Everything else, from addiction treatment to mental health care and employment support, follows only after housing is secured. The San Francisco version, however, is delivered with a high level of intensity and resourcing.

On Wednesday, at a closed meeting, San Diego City Council members unanimously voted to settle a lawsuit filed by a collection of San Diego homeowners who previously had trash picked up from their single-family homes for free. Rather than pay to fight the lawsuit in court, the city settled, agreeing to slash trash fees and end paid parking at Balboa Park by Jan. 1, 2027. The settlement will result in a $2.2 million revenue loss for the upcoming fiscal year, according to the Times of San Diego.

After facing financial issues due to the excessive payments, the couple called the FBI and realized that they were being scammed. They were informed that there were no such agents with those names. The Hatas reported the scammers to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Experts warn that law enforcement will never call and ask for personal information. It's important to verify a caller's authenticity by contacting your local police station before taking any action.

LAPD Capt. Warner Castillo said officers responded at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to a call about an unresponsive child in the 1200 block of McCormick Street. He said Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics were providing medical aid to the child when officers arrived. Paramedics pronounced the child dead at the scene.

On Tuesday at around 4 p.m., first responders were notified that a 37-year-old man was unconscious on a section of the Kalalau Trail known as "Crawler's Ledge." This section of the trail is known for its steep cliffs, slippery slopes and narrow trail, where some hikers choose to crawl, hence the nickname.

California has a problem "boiling in the background" because refiners in India are cutting back production of alkylate, Patrick De Haan, the head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, told SFGATE. The chemical is a key blending component in the state's gasoline blend. He said California has become "more reliant" on overseas production of alkylate.

Last July, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a landmark law shielding apartment and residential projects from lengthy environmental review processes to boost the state's housing supply and improve affordability. It's working but not without a fight. Developers wasted no time seizing the opportunity. A growing list of housing developments are securing exemptions from reviews under the 1970 California Environmental Quality Act, which environmentalists and not-in-my-backyard groups used to stall or stop projects.

Residents in San Jose's West Valley will soon gain access to Waymo's autonomous ride service as the company prepares to launch operations across approximately 60 square miles in the coming weeks.