The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration is assessing what mechanisms — and possibly new legislation — it needs in order to collect sales taxes as per a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling covering online sales.
A bill to provide sweeping Internet privacy protections for consumers is being rushed through the Legislature, with a vote scheduled for today despite supporters' "grave concerns" about the measure. The bill would allow consumers to insist that companies not sell their personal information and would require parents to give their approval before a company sells data about a minor, among other protections.
From their vantage point in the cradle of high tech, Bay Area voters deeply distrust social media companies with their personal and financial information and favor government regulation of Internet privacy and security more than the rest of the country, according to a new poll.
Democrats in the California Legislature and a wealthy San Francisco developer on Thursday reached a tentative agreement to enact major new consumer data privacy rules in exchange for the withdrawal of a measure privacy activists were poised to get on the November ballot.
Electronic billboards that flash new ads every few seconds have sprouted up by the hundreds along California freeways in recent years, much to the alarm of environmentalists and traffic-safety experts. Now the Brown administration thinks California can make a profit, sending lawmakers a report that says it is “feasible” to allow commercial ads on state-operated electronic message signs along freeways in a test program.
Fresno's solar capacity was estimated at 343 watts per person. Only Honolulu, Hawaii, at more than 606 watts, ranked higher in the U.S. in the per capita estimates.
The Pentagon's enthusiasm to build tech partnerships in Silicon Valley is unlikely to cool, analysts say, despite the employee pushback that recently led Google to not renew a contract that allowed the military to use artificial intelligence tools to analyze drone footage.
Federal health officials are investigating an April data breach that affected 55,947 patients of Dignity Health, a major health system headquartered in San Francisco that operates 39 hospitals and 400 care centers in California, Nevada and Arizona.
The Internet didn't crash and burn Monday as the Federal Communications Commission's old net neutrality rules officially expired, yet the years-long debate remained far from settled.
The only large-scale car manufacturer in California argues that doing business in the state is hard enough without a fast-developing labor regulation backed by organizations that want to unionize its Fremont plant.
Election officials haven't even finished counting the votes from Tuesday's primary, but the campaign has already begun for the November general election.
The state Senate passed a bill this week to create a state-chartered bank for cannabis businesses, which would allow licensed merchants to write checks to pay taxes, fees and vendors, rather than use large amounts of cash, as they currently do.
The nonprofit organization that operates Los Angeles County's social services hotline inadvertently exposed personal information that was stored online, according to county officials and a private security firm that discovered the vulnerability.
Oakland officials halted an inspection program that sends firefighters to multifamily apartments, restaurants and other commercial buildings to check for safety and fire hazards — because of a change in software.
In Southern California, home to some of the nation's most competitive congressional contests, that threat of Russians cyberhacking this year's midterm elections is being taken seriously. New security protocols — including software, testing and staff training — are being adopted by election officials in the region encompassing Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Office emails are being encrypted and networks buttressed, and election employees are randomly being mock ph
A Northern California company that federal officials say violated salary requirements of the country's foreign-worker visa program will pay a total of $173,044 to 12 workers, the U.S. Department of Labor said this week.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti unveiled a website this week on which city employees, commissioners and those who do business with the city can file discrimination and sexual harassment reports, one of several initiatives meant to make it easier to address mistreatment in the workplace.
California tech companies from San Diego to Silicon Valley are hosting about 30 senior information technology officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security this week to highlight the region's latest work in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, big data analytics and other technologies.
The city of San Jose has reached a tentative agreement with AT&T to install a network of 170 small cells on lampposts across the city by the end of the year to improve wireless coverage. City officials say the small cells will boost voice and data capacity for residents and businesses and fortify the FirstNet emergency responder communications network.
California would license special banks to handle billions of dollars generated by the legal marijuana market under legislation given initial approval by state lawmakers Wednesday.
A proposal that would restore net neutrality in California advanced in the state Senate on Tuesday with changes that scaled back some of its provisions. Lobbyists for major Internet providers, including AT&T, said the proposed law is still complex and confusing and could cause companies to pass on more costs to consumers. Technology advocates were disappointed to see the state contracts provision cut, but cheered its approval.
Marin County’s state senator has authored a bill, SB 833, that would require every county in California to adopt the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system. The way the bill is written, some counties would be required to buy software that could cost thousands of dollars per year.
The Oceanside Police Department recently acquired San Diego County’s first drone killer, an electronic device that can disable a drone in the sky and force it back to the ground. Other area law enforcement agencies also are considering the technology as a way to rein in unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs.
Marin’s state senator has cleared a key hurdle on legislation to increase online transparency at the state’s more than 2,000 independent special districts. Last year, the Little Hoover Commission, which serves as the state’s independent oversight agency, released a report recommending that the Legislature pass just such a law.
