The holiday weekend will have maximum enforcement for the California Highway Patrol with extra officers out on the roads.

KCBS's Mike DeWald reports officers will be on the lookout for drunk drivers and ready to respond to sideshows.

Asking personal questions can make an individual feel uncomfortable.

KCBS Radio's Cathy Whitman has the answer from an expert on how to handle a situation when a person ask a personal question.

For the past two years, researchers at UC Berkeley have been working on finding ways to reduce plastic waste by turning it into something more valuable, and it seems as if they are finally getting closer to their goal.

It's all possible thanks to a new chemical process developed by these researchers that can essentially vaporize two of the dominant types of post-consumer plastics by yielding certain gases to make new plastics.

To understand all this some more, KCBS Radio news anchors Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising spoke with John Hartwig, Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley, who led the research.

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A new statewide campaign launched this week aims to educate Californians on critical information about fentanyl and how to use life-saving tools like naloxone.

It's called Facts Fight Fentanyl, and it's all part of the state Department of Public Health's overdose prevention initiative.

For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising spoke with Jessica Hwang, Public Awareness Section Chief for the California Department of Public Health’s Substance and Addiction Prevention Branch, and one of the spokespersons for the Facts Fight Fentanyl campaign.

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Back in 2016, California voted to legalize recreational cannabis and businesses in the weed industry, as well as the tax revenue they generate, were supposed to grow rapidly.

Although some companies have succeeded, the state's cannabis market is under-performing compared to Michigan, which legalized weed only two years after California.

For a better understanding, KCBS Radio news anchors Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising spoke with Connor Sheets, reporter with the LA Times. He wrote a great piece about this in today's edition.

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Many parents of Gen Z'ers are helping their kids a bit too much these days.

KCBS Radio's Cathy Whitman reports experts are saying it's resulted in a generation of overly dependent young adults.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Bloomberg News California Bureau Chief Karen Breslau.

Lawmakers have passed a bill that would require the state to formally apologize for slavery. It's one of hundreds of recommendations made by a task force on reparations last year.

Pop singer Chappell Roan has experienced a meteoric rise to fame in the past year. But along with that popularity, she's also faced waves of online harassment and stalking. Her case is just the latest to raise wider concerns about cyber safety and harassment in the digital age.

For more on the effects of social media, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Shaheen Kanthawala, Assistant Professor of Journalism & Creative Media at the University of Alabama.

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