A lawsuit between California and neighborhood pharmacy company CVS has been settled for $18.2 million, state Attorney General Rob Bonta announced. According to a news release issued Monday by Bonta’s office, Rhode Island-based CVS Pharmacy Inc. will pay the fine and restitution.

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(The Center Square) -- Following a sometimes violent protest at University of California, Berkeley Monday night, school officials said they would cooperate with a federal investigation into altercations at the demonstration. The statement, released via email in response to The Center Square’s questions, said the university was cooperating with a federal investigation into the disruptions caused by agitators who the Trump administration deemed Antifa at the protest.

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(The Center Square) -- Religious groups are suing dozens of members of activist group, Code Pink, for protests that disrupted worship services by Christian and Jewish organizations, a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court Southern District of California alleges.

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(The Center Square) - California Assemblyman Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, requested a federal investigation into possible wrongdoing and fiduciary negligence at the California Public Employees' Retirement System regarding its clean energy fund losses that were exposed in an investigation by The Center Square. 

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(The Center Square) - Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement he’s pondering a presidential run in 2028, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said on Monday that Newsom is “gubernatorial and more” during a press conference about the state's congressional redistricting election. “Gavin Newsom is an amazing governor and an incredible leader,” Bonta told The Center Square on Monday. “I think he is completely crushing it right now. I think the people of this nation see his leadership, and I think many of them would like him to continue to lead.” 

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 (The Center Square) – The California Public Employees' Retirement System for state employees lost 71% of its $468 million investment in a clean energy and technology private equity fund, state records show, but CalPERS won’t explain how. These losses are a major problem for California taxpayers, who at least for now are the backstop for underfunded state pensions, but also for state employees who trust CalPERS to responsibly manage their retirement plans. 

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(The Center Square) - A nuclear fusion bill signed into law this month in California would advance efforts to develop a safer, less radioactive energy source that could power the state. If developed at a commercial scale, fusion could transform the way energy is produced and position California to be the first place in the world to develop a fusion energy pilot program, experts told The Center Square. 

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The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing three companies that allegedly distribute single-use plastic bags in violation of an 11-year-old state law. The lawsuit, filed in the Superior Court of California in San Francisco on Friday, names Novolex Holdings, Inteplast Group Corp. and Mettler Packaging and alleges that they unlawfully sold and distributed plastic bags. 

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(The Center Square) - California’s brush clearance efforts are stalling nine months after the devastating January fires that destroyed vast swathes of Los Angeles County, state data shows. Only 0.2% of expedited acres of wildfire reviewed by The Center Square are reported as complete, and overall brush clearance data for the most recent quarter shows a 22% year-over-year decline in brush clearance projects with reported activity. 

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(The Center Square) – Los Angeles’ initial response to the fast-spreading Palisades Fire was hampered by communications breakdowns and problems with the Los Angeles City Fire Department leadership, according to the city’s after-action report. But the report also praised firefighters’ heroic efforts to save lives and properties during one of the most destructive blazes in the history of Los Angeles. 

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