The state is leading the charge in the war against plastic at grocery stores and in the courtroom as Santa Barbara continues ...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 270 into law on Sept. 30, 2014. It required grocery stores to provide customers only with recycled ...

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in tackling the problem. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a ...

INSKEEP: (Laughter). MARTÍNEZ: Here in California, Steve, we're about to become the first state in the country to ban all plastic bags from grocery stores at the checkout stands and in the ...

California state governor Gavin Newsom announced that from 2026, all plastic bags will be banned at all grocery store checkouts.

California and other states — and some cities — have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In ...

So it appears that Californians have a bit over a year to get over any love they might harbor for plastic grocery bags. On Sept. 22, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that bans 'em.

It required grocery stores to provide customers only with recycled paper bags or thicker plastic bags that could ... counties and the state banning the sale of cigarettes? The answer could be: ...