State Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) wrote Senate Bill 576 to lower the volume on streaming-service ads. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Richael Keller has always been sensitive to loud commercials, ...

Believe it or not, an 8-month-old's sleep schedule is what led to a face-off between California lawmakers and the entertainment industry over loud commercials on streaming services.

The California law is patterned after federal law, extending the rules of the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Monday that will change the way subscribers view streaming services.

Richael Keller has always been sensitive to loud commercials, but when thundering streaming-service ads disturbed her sleeping newborn, her reaction was heated enough to blaze a path to the California ...