Democratic California lawmakers are pushing a last-minute bill to ban federal agents from using electric shock gloves, becoming one of the first states in the nation to respond to reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to purchase thousands of gloves next year as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown.

The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board — a state agency responsible for protecting water quality in the region — cautions people to keep themselves and their animals away from toxic algal mats in North Coast rivers, including the Klamath, Trinity, Salmon, Scott, Mad, Eel, South Fork Eel, Van Duzen, Navarro, Russian and East Fork Russian rivers.

Two bills authored by Bay Area lawmakers to check the powers of federal immigration authorities have passed through the state Legislature.

Ugh, unspeakable behavior. Sonoma County DA needs to move on with prosecution

A petition to list the eastern North Pacific gray whale on the federal endangered species list went unanswered last year. Last week, three environmental groups threatened to sue the federal agency that administers the Endangered Species Act for failing to meet a required deadline.

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