A new California law, AB 1803, will require employers to add “anti-hate speech training” to their workplace harassment training starting Jan. 1, 2028. Christian groups and pastors say it could push a government-approved view on sexuality and gender and draw churches into workplace disputes. Here is what the law’s text actually says, what critics argue and what supporters say.

A Los Angeles man was sentenced to 320 days in jail for trapping three migrant workers on a remote Humboldt County cannabis farm and not paying them, prosecutors say. One worker spent about 10 months unpaid before reaching the Mexican Consulate through Facebook Messenger, and a helicopter found him. The judge called it “a profound imbalance of power.” Here is what prosecutors say happened.

Los Angeles County prosecutors are weighing whether to charge former Rep. Eric Swalwell after a sheriff’s investigation, the district attorney’s office says. The case reached the DA’s sex crimes unit on Sept. 21. No charges have been filed, and his lawyer says he is innocent and the allegations are false. Here is what the office confirmed, what his lawyer says and where the separate federal investigation stands.