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McDonald’s Boo Buckets will return on Oct. 1514:19 This year's designs for the popular Halloween collectible containers feature four new monster faces in four colors. California collects millions in stolen wages, but can’t find many workers to pay them14:19 More than 500 workers at local Cheesecake Factory restaurants haven’t been found, leaving nearly $700,000 of a $1 million settlement unclaimed. Gov. Newsom signs lemon car reform law with a caveat to lawmakers14:19 Gov. Newsom reluctantly signed a bill to reform the state’s lemon-vehicle law, despite him saying it has problems that lawmakers will need to fix. Opinion: Eric Adams indictment could be just the start of his problems14:19 More charges and defendants may await New York mayor as city resignations and searches raise additional questions. Elias: Why not instead merely adopt Asimov’s rules to govern A.I.?14:19 But here’s the real question for Sen. Scott Wiener (D-SF) and why Gov. Gavin Newsom possibly vetoed his bill: Why set up a complicated, often obfuscated, so-called protection against harmful robots and mechanical minds when simple rules that could protect against all kind of problems were laid out about 82 years ago by a leading scholar and science-fiction author? Mystery surge in California tax revenue points to tech companies like Nvidia14:19 California was nearly $2 billion over forecast in corporate tax receipts this summer, including by $844 million in July. Abcarian: What kind of country would kill Marcellus Williams despite questions?13:47 Death penalty isn't just barbaric. Our justice system is also incapable of convicting the right person 100% of the time. San Jose logs its 40th traffic fatality of the year8:23 A woman died Tuesday of injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle crash nearly a month ago at First Street and Gish Road. |