Acrylamide caused cancer in animals in studies where animals were exposed to acrylamide at very high doses. Dietary acrylamide forms from sugars and an amino acid that are naturally present in food and can form in some foods during high-temperature cooking processes, such as frying, roasting and baking, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The California Assembly last week voted 56-8 to approve a bill to force disclosures from artificial intelligence companies. The Senate now takes up the measure, which is opposed by the influential California Chamber of Commerce.

Striking workers would have been eligible to collect California unemployment benefits under a bill that Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed. He said the state can’t afford it. 

Corporate reports would reveal top polluters and climate-related financial risks. But companies warn about faulty data and a “gold-plated exercise” if the two bills become law.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders anounced they have agreed to restore California paid sick leave for COVID-19.

The bill for single-payer health care in California didn’t even get a vote in the state Assembly after its author, Rep. Ash Kalra of San Jose, couldn’t round up enough support before a Jan. 31 deadline.

Assembly members Ash Karla and Lorena Gonzalez introduced a bill that would offer workers extra protections during the pandemic.

Are robots coming for California’s jobs? In today’s increasingly automated economy, that’s certainly the fear.

Evan Low has been able to cultivate an image as a phenom of the liberal left. But over the last couple years, the 32-year-old assemblyman has taken a more moderate stance on certain issues, to the chagrin of some of his earliest supporters.