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Bianca Bruno
Bianca Bruno is the San Diego reporter for Courthouse News where she covers the Southern District of California, U.S.-Mexico border, Ninth Circuit and California Coastal Commission. She is a board member of the San Diego Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and makes up 1/4 of the Sidebar podcast team.
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Top Navy officers convicted of bribery in ‘Fat Leonard’ defense contractor scandal
Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis overcharged the Navy by more than $35 million for port services for the Pacific-based Seventh Fleet.
California legislators prepared for Supreme Court unraveling of concealed weapon restrictions
Guided by Thursday's Supreme Court decision in New York Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, lawmakers will look at expanding the list of public places where concealed firearms will not be permitted.
Ninth Circuit wrings hands over California private prison ban, copycat laws
California was back in court Tuesday asking an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit to uphold its ban on private prisons.
Craft brewery asks judge to keep the ‘stone’ out of Keystone Light
MillerCoors revamped its marketing and advertising of its Keystone Light economy beer after a jury found its use of the “stone” trademark was a $56 million transgression.
Californians express concern about equity in zero-emission vehicle proposal
The California Air Resources Board is expected to vote on the “clean car” regulation in August.
California AG warns against misinformation by anti-abortion centers ahead of Roe decision
The Supreme Court struck down California’s disclosure law requiring unlicensed crisis pregnancy centers alert pregnant people they don’t actually provide health care services in 2018.
After school shooting, California Senate passes Lone Star State-style bounty law targeting ghost guns, assault weapons
A bounty-hunter law modeled after Texas’ 2021 abortion law targets makers and sellers of untraceable ghost guns and illegal assault weapons with civil lawsuits filed by private citizens.
Teens measure Earth’s magnetic field from space
Portuguese high school students programmed small computers aboard the International Space Station to measure Earth’s magnetic field.