Humpday Headlines: California Is Closing Down Two Prisons

25-year-old Harry Black of Oakland has been charged with murder and attempted murder for the first homicide that occurred in the new year in Oakland. The fatal shooting of 55-year-old James Stephens occurred on January 1, in an afternoon shooting stemming from a dispute on the 6900 block of International Boulevard in which a 52-year-old friend of Stephens was also wounded. [East Bay Times]

You’re not the only one whose PG&E bill has gone through the roof, and Governor Newsom is calling for a federal investigation into possible market manipulation with these crazy price hikes. You've likely noticed the infuriating matter that your PG&E bill is soaring, and even more infuriatingly, PG&E wants...

Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes could be coming to California under a new Assembly bill from Matt Haney, and you’d be able to have regular food and beverages while toking up, but alcoholic drinks would not be in the mix. We already have cannabis “smoking lounges” in San Francisco and a...

PG&E, the largest utility company in California, has announced that customers have likely seen and will continue to see significant increases in their bills this winter, SFGATE reported, to the tune of about a 32% spike. That reportedly translates to an average of $79 per month from November through March.