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Friday, January 1, 2016

California lawmakers took another significant step in their swift response to daily fantasy sports, as a proposed bill to regulate the industry passed an Assembly-wide vote with stunning ease on Wednesday, sending a clear message about the legislature’s stance on the billion-dollar industry.

Even as ongoing questions about daily fantasy’s uncertain legality were acknowledged on the floor, the California’s State Assembly still passed AB 1437 with a 62-1, vote, becoming the first legislative body in the nation to approve a bill to regulate daily fantasy sports.

Monday, September 14, 2015

SAN JOSE, Calif. — When a landlord discovered the body of best-selling novelist Marsha Mehran last year in a seaside Irish cottage, the 36-year-old had left behind a trove of literary work.

Some of it, such as the international hit Pomegranate Soup, can be found in libraries and bookstores around the world. Other writings were stuck in the Internet cloud, including a password-protected account that only Google knew how to open.

Sunday, September 13, 2015

SAN JOSE, Calif. — When a landlord discovered the body of bestselling novelist Marsha Mehran last year in a seaside Irish cottage, the 36-year-old had left behind a trove of literary work.

Some of it, such as the international hit “Pomegranate Soup,” can be found in libraries and bookstores around the world. Other writings were stuck in the Internet cloud, including a password-protected account that only Google knew how to open.

Friday, September 11, 2015

A law proposed in California that would have banned drones from flying below 350ft over private property without permission has been vetoed by the state's governor.

Gov Jerry Brown reckoned the rule would "could expose the occasional hobbyist and the FAA-approved commercial user alike to burdensome litigation." In other words, it was too easy to break accidentally.