Newsom Signs 10 New Gun Laws

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 10 new gun laws Saturday, including one that will require California residents with newly purchased firearms to take at least a four-hour safety class starting in 2029.

The measure, Senate Bill 948 by Sen. Jesse Arreguín, D-Berkeley, also gives new residents bringing guns into California 180 days to earn a firearm safety certificate starting in 2028. It was among Newsom’s final gun-control actions as governor.

Gun-safety advocates cheered the package, which also expands safe-storage tools. Emma Brown of the group Giffords said California “leads the nation in gun safety.”

Gun-rights groups pushed back. The California Rifle and Pistol Association called the mandatory class a possible infringement on Second Amendment rights, while its members view it as one more tax on gun ownership. Some of the measures will likely face legal challenges.

FBI Offers $1M for Gang Leader

The FBI has added an alleged transnational gang boss with California ties to its Ten Most Wanted list, offering a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to his capture.

Satinderjeet Singh, known as Goldy Brar, is accused of leading the North American arm of the India-based Lawrence Bishnoi Organized Crime Group. The FBI announced the reward Monday at its Los Angeles field office.

Prosecutors say the group carried out targeted killings, extortion, and drug trafficking, and stole more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine from rival gangs in the Los Angeles area. Singh and Bishnoi are also charged with ordering the 2023 assassination of a prominent political and religious leader in Canada.

Singh is known to reside in California and parts of Canada and is considered armed and dangerous. The FBI and its partners, including the Los Angeles Police Department, are asking anyone with information to contact the bureau.

L.A. Chemist Eyed in Tylenol Murders

Idaho investigators say a Los Angeles-born chemist who died in 1982 may be connected to that year’s unsolved Tylenol murders, which killed seven people around Chicago.

The man is Dr. Mathew Francis Betkouski, the “Unknown Wanderer” who died by cyanide in a Boise church that year. Detectives identified him using DNA evidence involving his brother in Los Angeles, where Betkouski’s grandfather once led the city council.

Betkouski, a chemist, had talked about cyanide as a way of killing without detection and the idea of committing a “perfect crime,” investigators said, and he died months after the cyanide-laced Tylenol deaths. They are examining a possible connection but have not named him a suspect.

Investigators cannot place Betkouski in Chicago in 1982. The cyanide in his belongings was a different compound than the poison used in the killings.

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That’s not one outlet’s quirk. It’s mainstream media doctrine. And last month, you got to see where doctrine like that leads. Ahead of the 25th anniversary of September 11, reporters at another major news organization, a national public broadcaster, received a memo from the standards office: “Do not refer to the Sept. 11 attacks as terrorist attacks.”

The approved language for the deadliest terrorist attack in American history, in which nearly 3,000 people were murdered, was “hijackings that led to plane crashes.”

The memo leaked. Two days of daylight later, the broadcaster backed down. Sort of. They carved out an exception for 9/11, and only 9/11. The rule stands.

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➤ Sacramento: Gov. Gavin Newsom signed nine bills Sunday expanding abortion access and maternal health care, including measures to make medication abortion available on community college campuses, expand the pool of abortion providers, and provide firefighters with 26 weeks of paid maternity leave. (See Details)

➤ Teal Bend: A fire involving golf carts with lithium-ion batteries near the golf course triggered a Level 2 hazmat response early Monday. The fire was extinguished, and no injuries were reported. (More)

➤ Dublin: New York Times engineering executive Jonathan McKinsey, 40, was fatally shot Saturday in a park parking lot, police said. His in-laws, Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, were arrested and are being held pending charges. (More)

➤ Placer County: Officials approved plans for a roughly 25-acre surf resort featuring a five-acre wave lagoon, a 100-room hotel, and action sports facilities. Developers are targeting a spring 2027 groundbreaking, with surfing potentially starting by 2029. (See Details)

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➤ Central Coast: The 351-mile rail corridor linking San Luis Obispo to San Diego is under threat from coastal erosion, most acutely in the Orange County beach town of San Clemente, where crashing waves and crumbling bluffs have repeatedly shut the tracks. (Read Story)

➤ Fresno: An ethics complaint alleges state center trustee and city council candidate Rob Fuentes violated California’s pay-to-play law in discussions involving a major donor. State Center attorneys dispute the allegation, and regulators have announced no findings. (More)

➤ San Luis Obispo: A fire in a ground-floor business at the historic Wineman Hotel building on Chorro Street Sunday morning sent smoke into the apartments above, forcing residents of 39 units to evacuate. Crews knocked it down quickly and no one was hurt. The cause is under investigation. (More)

➤ Santa Barbara: Westmont College climbed six spots to No. 109 among national liberal arts colleges in U.S. News & World Report‘s 2027 rankings, lifted by a 35-spot jump in social mobility. The Christian college remains the top-ranked Christian liberal arts college in California and the Western U.S. (See Report)

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➤ Boyle Heights: Newsom signed two laws after the 2026 Lineage warehouse fire. One raises fines up to $50,000 for health and safety violations, and the other requires certain cold-storage sites to keep emergency funds. (More)

➤ San Diego: The city is questioning Gaslamp Quarter Association director Michael Trimble over an unpermitted Avengers ad and a $10,000 payment from an advertising company. Trimble denies wrongdoing. The city says the dispute could end its contract with the association. (More)

➤ Pasadena: The Tournament of Roses named seven young women to the 2027 Rose Court. Each will receive a $7,500 scholarship and ride in the Rose Parade on Jan. 1, with the Rose Queen to be named in October. (See Court)

➤ Redondo Beach: Police K-9 Wouter is recovering after a wanted felon allegedly bit off part of his ear during a standoff. Police say Wouter was sent into the home after the barricaded suspect refused to surrender. (See Photos)

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➤ The San Diego Padres open their Wild Card Series tonight at home against the Chicago Cubs, who knocked them out of the playoffs last year. Chicago also won five of the six regular-season meetings between the teams. (More) 

➤ Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers will watch the Braves-Phillies Wild Card Series this week to learn their NL Division Series opponent. Their bid for the first three-peat since the 1998-2000 Yankees begins Saturday at Dodger Stadium. (More)

➤ The Los Angeles Angels lost 100 games for the first time in their 66-year history with a season-ending loss to the Mariners. They had been the only MLB team to never reach that mark. (More)

➤ San Francisco Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow called his final game this weekend in a booth renamed for him and longtime partner Duane Kuiper. The pair also received keys to the city of San Francisco during a postgame ceremony. (More)

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➤ Hay bale minions will stay along Interstate 80 at Cool Patch Pumpkins in Dixon after a Solano County request nearly forced the longtime roadside display away from the freeway. The stacked-hay figures have greeted drivers for years, and locals say they’ve become a familiar sign of home. (See Details)

➤ The Fresno Koi Show returned to Woodward Park for its 46th year, one of the nation’s longest-running. Hobbyists showed prized koi competing for a grand champion and 50 other awards, while dealers sold hundreds of fish, some imported from top farms in Japan. (See Photos)

➤ Voice actress Liza Soberano, a Visalia native, surprised family and friends at a Regal Theater screening of DreamWorks’ animated film Forgotten Island, in which she voices a lead. Soberano said the story is rooted in her Filipino heritage and hopes it introduces more people to the culture. (Watch)

➤ More than 100 people gathered at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach for the Guttural Scream at the Sea competition. Olivia Gugliemotto won with a 121.9-decibel scream, roughly as loud as thunder. (More)

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