Robert Lewis and Lauren Hepler

They Killed People With Their Big Rigs, and California Let Them Keep Driving

Loren Chow looked in the rearview mirror and had a terrifying realization.We’re going to get hit.There’s nothing I can do to get out of this.Traffic outside Fresno had slowed. A semitruck loaded with fertilizer from Missouri, cruising at 65 miles per hour, hadn’t. By the time the driver, Baljit Singh, hit the brakes, it was too late. A fully loaded big rig traveling at that speed takes the leng...

Oct 30, 2026

Newsom Signs 4 New California DUI Laws. Advocates Want More Next Session

Jennifer Levi addresses the media during a press conference at the Capitol Annex Swing Space in Sacramento on Feb. 12, 2026. Levi recounted how her son, Braun Levi, was killed by a drunk driver in May of 2025. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law four bills aimed at curbing a startling rise in DUI fatalities in recent years, including measure...

Oct 2, 2026

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