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A nationwide push to relax drug laws took a significant step forward Tuesday

Owners of electric vehicles in a number of states will start seeing fees to pay for road repairs in the new year. At least eight states will begin charging new or higher registration fees Wednesday for electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids. The new fees mean that, for the first time, a majority of states will assess special fees on gas-free...

California’s governor on Wednesday blamed the Trump administration for withholding data that is blocking the release of $650 million in state aid to combat homelessness.

The University of North Carolina announced Wednesday that a torn-down Confederate monument won’t return to campus under a legal agreement that hands over the “Silent Sam” statue to a group of Confederate descendants. The University of North Carolina System said in a news release that a judge approved a settlement giving possession of the monument to the Sons of Confederate...

President Donald Trump does not have to disclose his tax returns to appear as a candidate on California’s primary ballot next spring, a unanimous state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

The future of a controversial ordinance in National City is one step closer to going before voters after a tense City Council meeting Tuesday. Councilmember Ron Morrison was the only member who voted against putting the ban on retail sale of pets to a vote of the National City residents. Council chambers were packed Tuesday with people on both sides…

The National City City Council decided to let voters decide on the fate of pet sales. NBC 7’s Omari Fleming has more.

San Diego County Supervisors and their legal advisers will appeal a $6.4 million court judgment against sheriff’s deputies and jail nurses for injuries suffered by a 32-year-old Encinitas resident while he was in custody.

An administrative hearing to decide whether Missouri can revoke the license for the state’s only abortion clinic concluded Thursday with emotional testimony from a clinic official. The hearing in St. Louis before a commissioner with the Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission was expected to last five days but wrapped up a day early. A ruling isn’t expected until February at the...

The Southwestern Sun, the Southwestern College newspaper, is suing the community college district for refusing to release the internal investigation into a 2013 shooting on campus involving the district’s former police chief.  The lawsuit is yet another example of local media outlets filing suit against law enforcement agencies that fail to abide by Senate Bill 1421, a recently passed state…

California’s governor signed a law Tuesday that caps rent increases for some people over the next decade as the nation’s most populous state grapples with a housing crisis.

The city of Charlottesville is preparing to appeal its defeat in a lawsuit over two Confederate monuments.

A union for Texas troopers is suing the state over a new policy that limits the size of officers’ waistlines.

Opponents of a new National City law banning pet stores from selling dogs, cats and rabbits took another step Wednesday in their fight to overturn the law.

Opponents of the ban filed a lawsuit, putting a temporary hold on the law. NBC 7’s Rory Devine has the story.

The manager of a National City pet store said he is being unfairly targeted by a new ordinance and now he’s suing the city over it.

NBC 7’s Erika Cervantes is live in National City with more details.

A Virginia judge has blocked the city of Charlottesville’s effort to remove Confederate statues. The Daily Progress reports the three-day civil trial that ended Friday included a judge’s ruling preventing the removal of statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.

Closing Arguments were heard Tuesday in the trial for a father accused of drinking himself to sleep before a fire ignited at his two-story Rancho Bernardo condo, leading to the death of his two children.

The prosecution and defense delivered their closing statements Tuesday. NBC 7’s Danica McAdam reports.