Purchase of Monte Rio Redwoods in Sonoma County will help California achieve its goal to protect 30% of lands and coastal waters by 2030.

The Hastings College of Law Board of Directors this week voted unanimously to remove Hastings from the law school's name and replace it with San Francisco because of its founder's genocidal acts against Native Americans in the 1850s. The name change will require approval by the state Legislature and signature by Gov. Gavin Newsom.