Northern California is bracing itself for a slew of rallies being planned on upcoming weekends that are shedding light on how much latitude cities have to take precautions against protests to prevent violence while not running afoul of the First Amendment and the tactics police use to find the right balance between keeping the peace and enforcing the law.

Statistics demonstrating the dire state of homelessness in Los Angeles abound: the county homeless population climbed 23% over the last year; one in five local community college students are homeless, and a 5% rent increase will push 2,000 more people into homelessness.

A tech firm based in Los Angeles is fighting back against the U.S. Department of Justice, which has requested it turn over more than 1.3 million IP addresses for people who visited a website that was used to organize anti-Trump protests during his inauguration.

It’s no secret that environmentalists and the coal mining industry have long been at odds.