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UPDATE: Hours after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California this morning near Ridgecrest, the area’s Kern County Fire Department warned of another possible quake in the region today. The fire department offered no specifics; officials and experts have been predicting aftershocks all day. Though no immediate…

EXCLUSIVE: Enforcement of a new California law that requires child actors to receive training in sexual harassment prevention has been put on hold "due to the current unavailability of third-party vendors and applicable materials," according to the state Labor Commissioner's office. Sources tell Deadline that two…

Six Democratic members of the California Legislature have signed a letter of support for the WGA's ongoing battle with Hollywood's talent agencies. "As members of the California Legislature, we stand in support of the action taken by members of the Writers Guild of America to ensure talent agencies end their…

California will postpone enforcement of its tough new net neutrality law until a federal court rules on the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to prevent the legislation from taking effect. Attorney Gen. Xavier Becerra said he would temporarily delay implementation of the new law, which seeks to restore Obama-era…

Trade organizations representing the nation’s biggest Internet providers today sued California to halt the state’s new net neutrality law. The American Cable Association, the wireless industry’s trade group (CTIA), the Internet and television association (NCTA) and the broadband association (USTelecom) jointly filed…

UPDATED to include details of the Justice Department’s suit: California Gov. Jerry Brown today signed a measure that restores Obama-era open-Internet rules in the state, in a direct rebuke to  the Trump Administration’s rollback of these regulations. The Justice Department responded with a lawsuit seeking to prevent…

California’s legislators passed the nation’s strongest net neutrality law today, restoring Obama-era open Internet protections and setting the state on a potential collision course with federal regulators. If Gov. Jerry Brown signs the bill into law in the coming weeks, California will join a growing number of states…

The California Assembly voted to enshrine net neutrality in state law, a major step forward for advocates of the open internet. The state’s lawmakers today approved a bill that would restore Obama-era protections that the Federal Communications Commission abolished earlier this year, in yet another challenge to the…

As the California Assembly prepares to vote on the state’s net neutrality bill, the WGA West is advocating for a federal appeal of the FCC’s December ruling on the touchy subject. "Last year, the Federal Communications Commission's Chairman [Ajit] Pai repealed open Internet protections, leaving powerful Internet…

UPDATED with MPAA statement: Gov. Jerry Brown signed a a five-year extension of California's film incentives program Wednesday, extending the state’s production tax credit system to 2025. The move will provide an additional $1.65 billion to qualified film and TV shows shot in the state. The program was part of a $139…

I already had a headache from fretting about the ballot measure to split California. Who gets the water? What happens to Prop 13? Where's Yosemite? Can we still repeal the gas tax? Are the prisons in one state, the criminals in another? What about the bullet train? How do we divvy up Jerry Brown's legacy? Then I came…

EXCLUSIVE: One of the key California laws designed to protect child actors from sexual predators has gone largely ignored and unenforced since it was enacted five years ago. The law requires publicists, managers, acting coaches and headshot photographers who work with child actors to be fingerprinted and pass an FBI…