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Deep Dive on the Yosemite Wildfire with the Interactive ‘Rim Fire Perspectives’ Map
See where the threatened groves of sequoias are, or compare the Rim Fire to past ones in the area.
5 Tools for Keeping Track of California’s Monster Yosemite Wildfire
Need to keep tabs on the sprawling Yosemite-area wildfire? Here’s a list of tools.
Should We Ban Handheld Smartphone Maps While Driving? California Court Thinks So
It’s weird out there and getting weirder: A California court just ruled that screwing around with your phone’s map app while driving ought to be as illegal as texting or using the device without a handsfree solution.
Coming Soon: Privacy Warnings on Mobile Apps
Thanks to the state of California, smartphone apps will soon have to tell you in advance what they plan to do with your personal data.
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris reached an agreement with Apple, Google, …
California Now Reports Prisoner Facebook Accounts for Deletion
First off, did you know the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has its own daily newspaper? It’s called CDCR Today and it’s a wonderful read! Actually it’s a blog and it’s not daily but, hey, sometimes ideas start small and then snowball into major media empires.
California to Collect Sales Tax on Web Purchases, Amazon Miffed
California will become the latest state to collect sales tax for online purchases made from out-of-state retailers. The law goes into effect tomorrow and coincides with a 1% reduction in the state’s basic sales tax rate as a result of the end-date of a two-year-old temporary tax increase.
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Supreme Court: ‘Video Games Qualify for First Amendment Protection’
In a 7-2 decision with an opinion written by Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court effectively declared on Monday (PDF file) that video games can be afforded the same constitutional protections as visual art, film, music and other forms of expression.
The case that went before the court, Brown v. Entertainment Merchants …
California Pushes for Tightened Social Network Privacy Controls
When you first opened your Facebook account, you may or may not have noticed that much of your private information was set to be shared by default. Your name, status, photos, posts, bio and relationships are automatically made public when you first start a Facebook account, and it’s up to you to go into your personal settings and scale …
Hackers Tap a California Gas Pump, Make Off with 528 Gallons
An enterprising group of gas station hackers have been making their way around Southern California. Their latest heist saw them speed away with 528 gallons of gas priced at $4.28 per gallon from a Mobil station in Pasadena.
How’d they do it? CBS News is reporting that a hacked “credit card or other mechanism” was used to activate the …
Google Hires Fancy Green-Friendly Architects to Build Fancy Green-Friendly Office
Even though Google was recently surpassed by Apple as the world’s most valuable brand, the Mountain View-based search giant’s recent string of eco-conscious decisions continues, this time in a fancy new office space.
The company is set to have their “biggest year in hiring history” and has hired prestigious design firm Ingenhoven …
Where To Find Coachella Livestreams
Bummed you can’t make it out to Indio for Coachella this weekend? Lucky for you it’s 2011, and nothing of cultural significance ever happens that’s not instantly livestreamed on the Internet.
Coachella’s YouTube channel, sponsored by Wrigley’s 5 Gum, is probably the easiest place to watch the performances live. With three different …