( October 15, 2026, 1:39 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on Oct. 14 denied a ginger ale maker’s motion to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit brought by a consumer who says its ginger ales are misrepresented as “natural” and in fact allegedly contain synthetic citric acid, in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), finding that the plaintiff’s claims were sufficiently pleaded and not preempted....