Monday through Friday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include:
1. A bill requiring California schools to adopt policies that limit or prohibit the use of smartphones by students during school hours is advancing in the CA legislature.
2. Governor Newsom called out California’s progress around zero-emissions vehicles in his state of the state address.
3. For the first time in over a century, beavers are swimming in the South Fork Tule River in Tulare County.
4. A California dad who drove family off a cliff will get mental health treatment instead of a trial.
5. Hollywood’s video game actors want to avoid a strike.