Convenience Big Store: Newsom's gas price bill heads for a final vote today

Newsom's gas price bill heads for a final vote today – The California State Senate passed Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to stop rising gas prices in the state. ABX2-1 requires oil refineries to maintain a minimum inventory level to decrease price spikes during peak driving months, and to monitor when refineries undergo either planned or unplanned maintenance. ABX2-1 heads back to the Assembly for a final vote on Monday, Oct. 14.

Lathrop Police Department forming new traffic unit – As the state’s fastest-growing city continues to expand, so is its police force. The two-year-old Lathrop Police Department announced it will be forming a traffic unit. For people who live in the city, speeding, distracted driving, red-light running and not stopping at stop signs can do more than just damage a car. In a letter posted to social media, Lathrop Police Chief Stephen Sealy said that in the next few months, the department will hire three motorcycle officers and a sergeant to work full-time in a new traffic unit.

Stockton triple shooting survivor returns to football field – King Gammage isn't much of a talker-- unless the 6-year-old Stockton boy is on the field. From the sidelines to the stands, everyone seems to agree. "Player of the game twice in one season... It's like, that's a big deal," sad Gammage's mom Aahielah Johnson. "He's leading the stretches now." Just nine months ago, however, life tackled the 6-year-old. "My son was hit in crossfire on December 16. He was sitting in the car at a store, and the bullet nicked his hip, which impaired his walking completely," said Johnson of the triple shooting in downtown Stockton. "In the beginning, it was very difficult because I wished that I could take his pain away." Police have yet to make an arrest in the shooting, but ask people with information to call CrimeStoppers.

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Monday is a federal holiday in the U.S. known as Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day. However, in California, it's not an official holiday for state employees. Here's what's open and closed.

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Students at a Kentucky school went above and beyond in helping lift a young classmate, quite literally. In a Facebook post, the tables in one of the school's maker spaces are great for everyone except Sophie, who uses a wheelchair. The tables do not lower to her height, so the students built a platform so she can work at the same height as everyone else.