Red flags warn residents about dry north winds headed to Northern California, even as light showers hit the Foothills on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Musk filed suit in federal court in Los Angeles alleging that the Coastal Commission violated his First Amendment rights by holding his political views against him in a government proceeding that is supposed to be about the environment and the commission’s concerns about wetlands, birds and such.

Some of the lowest-paid health care workers in California will get a pay bump Wednesday under a state law gradually increasing their wages to at least $25 an hour.