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Bianca Bruno

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San Diego, CA, United States

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Past articles by Bianca:

OAN urges Ninth Circuit to revive defamation suit against Rachel Maddow

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said One America News “really literally is paid Russian propaganda, → Read More

Durst Friend Mailed Him $115,000 Before His Arrest on the Charge of Murdering Susan Berman

(CN) — Even though they had a decades-long platonic friendship and talked about moving into a “love nest” together, self-published writer Susan Giordano said she never had a sexual relationship with New York millionaire Robert Durst. Giordano also told a jury in Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday — where Durst is on trial, accused of murdering another longtime friend, Susan Berman — she wasn’t… → Read More

Ninth Circuit Questions Commonality of Large-Capacity Magazines Banned by California

Large-capacity gun magazines holding 10 or more rounds of ammunition are used in virtually all mass shootings. They are also frequently sold as a standard firearm attachment with the most popular g… → Read More

Ninth Circuit Declines to Rehear Truckers’ Challenge to California Contractor Law

The California Trucking Association won’t get a new Ninth Circuit hearing on its challenge to California’s landmark employment law — paving the way for a trip to the Supreme Court. → Read More

En Banc Ninth Circuit to Hear First Case in Avalanche of Golden State Gun Reform Challenges

The Ninth Circuit is poised Tuesday to decide whether California’s ban on the weapon most frequently used in mass shootings is constitutional or if it violates the Second Amendment. → Read More

Feds, For-Profit Prison Group Ask Ninth Circuit to Block California Private Prison Ban

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 32 into law in 2019, banning private prisons in the Golden State. → Read More

Conservation Groups Blast Biden Support of Trump Oil-Drilling Project in Alaska

The Willow project involves drilling 250 wells to extract oil in a 23 million-acre Alaska reserve. The Biden administration — which has halted new oil and gas leases on federal land — g… → Read More

California Gubernatorial Candidate Sued Over ‘Beast’ Campaign Appearance

Republican John Cox says he wants to make “big beastly changes” to the way “Pretty Boy” Gavin Newsom is running California. But his use of a Kodiak bear as a living prop at … → Read More

Captain Charged in Deadly Boat Smuggling Crash

The U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of California Wednesday charged a man alleged to have captained a boat carrying 32 immigrants attempting to enter the U.S. via the Pacific Ocean. → Read More

California Appeals Court Rules Santa Barbara Can’t Enforce Vacation Rental Ban

California’s novel coastal protection law — the California Coastal Act — protects public access along the state’s entire 840-mile coast and ensures affordable accommodations are available to … → Read More

Trucking Companies Ordered to Comply With Landmark California Labor Law

The Ninth Circuit ruling gives a boost to California’s landmark labor law AB 5 — and to independent truckers. → Read More

Gun Lobby Challenge to California Handgun Roster Advances

It’s the first legal challenge to a new California rule that requires the removal of three grandfathered handguns for every new gun added to the roster of guns that can be sold in the state. → Read More

Public Weighs Potential Fixes to Plug Sewage Problem at U.S.-Mexico Border

A year ago the San Diego region secured $300 million to plug a decades-long wastewater pollution crises in waters that snake across the U.S.-Mexico border and dump raw sewage, trash and sediment in… → Read More

California Lifts Covid Capacity Limits on Places of Worship

Citing “recent judicial rulings” — namely a weekend order by the U.S. Supreme Court — California public health officials uncapped Covid limits on churches, mosques and synagogues. → Read More

Vaccination Sites, Counties Expand Eligibility Ahead of California Deadline

A Covid vaccine surplus led Angelenos to bombard California State University, Los Angeles, seeking the single-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine Thursday. → Read More

California Must Show Evidence Supporting its Covid-Related Church Occupancy Cap

A federal judge Monday declined to issue a temporary restraining order to block California from enforcing occupancy restrictions on in-person worship services during Holy Week, but the state must p… → Read More

Amazon Settles $2 Million ‘Reference Pricing’ Consumer Protection Suit

Online retail giant Amazon agreed to pay $2 million to settle a consumer protection lawsuit brought by a gaggle of California district attorneys who claimed it advertised false “reference prices” o… → Read More

San Diego Partners With Mexican Consulate to Vaccinate Immigrants

The Mexican Consulate will administer 100 Covid vaccines a day, three days a week. → Read More

Porn Companies Lose Arbitration Bid With Performer Who Claims She Was Trafficked

A gaggle of pornography studios lost their bid to force a performer to arbitrate claims she was allegedly trafficked by a model talent agent who forced her to engage in commercial sex acts and hand… → Read More

San Diego’s Court Staff Included in Expanded Covid Vaccination Efforts

More than 2,000 federal and state court staff in San Diego, including judges, clerks and attorneys, were quietly grouped in the county’s expanded Covid-19 vaccination efforts over the weekend. It’s… → Read More