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Sonora Cleanup Shows Disturbing Trend - my Mother Lode. com
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (197+ words) Published Apr 10, 2026 2: 24 pm Sonora, CA'Tuolumne County Public Health says its Downtown Sonora cleanup event earlier this year exposed a disturbing trend as volunteers found two products harmful to youth littered on the ground. As reported here, the Tobacco & Litter Volunteer…...
Route 66, a quintessential American road trip heavy on kitsch and history, turns 100 - my Mother Lode. com
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (1266+ words) Published Apr 8, 2026 3: 53 am To John Steinbeck, it was the Mother Road that led poor farmers from Dust Bowl desperation to sunny California. To Native Americans along the route, it was an economic boon that also left scars. To Black travelers,…...
Self Defense Bill By Assembly Member Heath Flora Advances With Bipartisan Support
1+ week, 6+ day ago (260+ words) my Mother Lode. com Sacramento, CA" A bill aimed at clarifying California's self-defense laws advanced out of its first policy committee with bipartisan support, Assemblymember Heath Flora announced Assembly Bill 2584, introduced by Flora, initially sought to update state law by…...
Self Defense Bill By Assembly Member Heath Flora Advances With Bipartisan Support - my Mother Lode. com
1+ week, 6+ day ago (126+ words) Published Mar 30, 2026 4: 51 pm Sacramento, CA" A bill aimed at clarifying California's self-defense laws advanced out of its first policy committee with bipartisan support, Assemblymember Heath Flora announced. "AB 2584 is about clarity and fairness," Flora said. "No one should be put…...
Verdicts against social media companies carry consequences. But questions linger - my Mother Lode. com
2+ week, 4+ day ago (757+ words) Published Mar 25, 2026 4: 32 pm A recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's deposition is played for the jurors on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Santa Fe, N. M. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool) Financial penalties total $381 million in the two…...
Parents see hope in back-to-back rulings that social media providers failed to protect young users
2+ week, 4+ day ago (803+ words) US Social Media Trials Parents Walker Montgomery was just 16 when someone pretending to be a teenage girl messaged him through Instagram and seduced him into cybersex. Within hours he was dead. Caught up in a sextortion scheme, the Mississippi teen…...
Parents see hope in back-to-back rulings that social media providers failed to protect young users - my Mother Lode. com
2+ week, 4+ day ago (841+ words) Published Mar 25, 2026 3: 02 pm: Updated Mar 25, 2026 5: 04 pm Walker Montgomery was just 16 when someone pretending to be a teenage girl messaged him through Instagram and seduced him into cybersex. Within hours he was dead. Caught up in a sextortion scheme, the Mississippi…...
New Mexico jury says Meta harms children's mental health and safety, violating state law - my Mother Lode. com
2+ week, 5+ day ago (979+ words) Published Mar 24, 2026 2: 38 pm: Updated Mar 24, 2026 5: 56 pm A recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's deposition is played for the jurors on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Santa Fe, N. M. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool) The landmark decision comes…...
A $50 million push hopes to make child care a top issue in the midterm elections - my Mother Lode. com
3+ week, 5+ day ago (511+ words) Published Mar 16, 2026 9: 57 pm The Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy, created a decade ago, aims to make caregiver issues more salient in elections. The announcement comes as the cost of child care continues to rise and as waiting lists for…...
New Mexico prosecutors launch search of Jeffrey Epstein's secluded former Zorro Ranch - my Mother Lode. com
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (254+ words) Published Mar 9, 2026 6: 19 pm The office of state Attorney General Ra'l Torrez announced that the search was being done with the cooperation of the current ranch owners. Torrez last month reopened an investigation of the ranch. New Mexico's initial case was…...