Shake Shack to shut 6 California locations after state’s $20 minimum wage hike

Shake Shack is closing six underperforming locations in California, becoming the latest fast-food chain to shutter restaurants after the state enacted a controversial $20 minimum wage. The burger chain, which is closing nine Shake Shack locations, said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday that the move comes as a result […]

California lawmakers approve down payment ‘handout’ to illegal immigrant home buyers

The Democrat-controlled California Legislature has passed a controversial bill that would make California the first state in the nation to offer down payment assistance to undocumented immigrant homebuyers. Assembly Bill 1840, approved Wednesday, would allow undocumented immigrants access to the state's taxpayer-funded mortgage program, which offers up to $150,000 in down payment assistance to qualified […]

California AI bill divides Silicon Valley

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California Liquor Store Worker Sends Violent Teens Running

A shocking video shows a California liquor store clerk being forced to pull out his gun to defend himself from a group of young men who attacked him as he tried to enter the store. On Saturday afternoon, a group of teenage and young adult men on bicycles gathered at Golden Hours liquor store in […]