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- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Oct 2, 2026
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Lyft to pay $272 million for misclassifying its drivers (opens the original)
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Lyft agreed to pay $272.5 million on Thursday, Oct. 1 to settle allegations made by California and local prosecutors that the San Francisco-based ridesharing company misclassified its drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. The lawsuit brought in 2020 by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and city attorneys in Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco alleged that Lyft misclassified its drivers between 2016 and 2020. The prosecutors contended that Lyft denied the drivers certa
Garden Grove chain Kickin’ Crab fined $120,000 for misleading investors (opens the original)
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The Kickin’ Crab restaurant chain in Garden Grove has been penalized by state regulators for misleading at least 16 franchisee investors in California. The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation said Tuesday, Sept. 29 that it ordered Kickin’ Crab to cease its wrongful acts, pay $120,000 in penalties and complete remedial training on state franchise law. If the company fails to comply with the order, the DFPI said it can revoke its registration. A DFPI spokesperson could not
SAC Health announces ‘final’ round of 52 layoffs (opens the original)
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The nonprofit SAC Health in San Bernardino has laid off 52 more workers as part of a two-phase restructuring to close a multimillion-dollar budget gap. The layoffs come on the heels of a reduction-in-workforce of 49 nonclinical workers and the closure of two clinics earlier this month. Last month, SAC Health’s Chief Executive Jason Lohr wrote in a memo to staff that layoffs and expense reductions were necessary to reduce a $10 million operating gap. The memo was obtained from a SAC Health employ
Regulators seize Nano Banc of Irvine, sell assets to Sunwest (opens the original)
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California regulators seized Irvine-based Nano Banc on Monday, Sept. 28, putting the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in charge of its deposits and assets, a first seizure of its kind in more than three years for the state. Action from the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation comes after the commercial bank failed to comply with the financial department’s enforcement order related to its “deteriorating financial condition, as well as a multi-year pattern of executive misma
Southern California truckers stung by record-setting diesel prices (opens the original)
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Carlos Quintanilla, a trucker with Max Transport, grimaced Thursday as he turned into the SC Fuels station in Anaheim to top off his 16-wheeler’s twin-fuel tanks with diesel. Two days earlier, he paid $750 at the same station to fill his tanks as prices topped a record-setting $8.44 per gallon — the highest price for diesel ever recorded nationwide. His total for two fill-ups in 48 hours? $1,392.90. “I’d hate to be the one paying for this,” said Quintanilla, who regularly picks up containers fro
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