By Lea Barrios WASHINGTON DC – Peaceful protests across America have been met with violence, false arrests, rubber bullets, pepper spray, concussion grades and tear...
By Dominique Kato PHILADELPHIA – The city’s District Attorney’s Conviction Integrity Unity (CIU) concluded that Walter Ogrod—after being incarcerated nearly 30 year for m...
As of June 5th, CDCR facilities have reported 2,854 COVID-19 cases and have tested 18,484 individuals. The confirmed cases count has doubled since last week. The spike in...
Earlier this week, the Southern California ACLU filed a lawsuit to stop the city of Los Angeles from imposing a curfew. On Thursday, the Northern California ACLU sent a...
The following message was posted earlier this week… This spring has been difficult for our entire community, as our daily life has changed so dramatically from what...
While concerns about the conditions of prisons and jails were aired prior to the current pandemic, COVID-19 has raised those stakes to the potential that even a minor arr...
By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider SAN FRANCISCO – Thousands of protestors marched through San Francisco’s central neighborhoods Wednesday afternoon, sending a powerful mess...
By Metyia Phillips SACRAMENTO – In the recent wake of the death of George Floyd, people all over California have taken to the streets, and helped push the Assembly...
By Henry Stiepleman SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento man listened as a prosecutor read a statement written by the victim during judgment and sentencing in Department 60 of...
By Armando Alonzo WOODLAND – In the first in a series of mental health hearings in Yolo County Superior Court here Thursday, Juanita Beatrice Love had no “love” for...
By Lea Barrios SACRAMENTO – During remote arraignments at Sacramento Superior Court this week, a man was given a seven-year sentence for assault with a deadly weapo...
As of June 4th, CDCR facilities have reported 2,680 COVID-19 cases and have tested 17,472 individuals. On Friday, the confirmed cases count was 1,319, nearly half of toda...
This week the final SEIR was released for the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Center (DISC) —where the Planning Commission is expected to take up the Final SEIR the n...
By Michael Miller Our city staff has proposed to renew measure J without even considering our community responsibilities. The Council appears ready to rubber stamp this s...
By Metyia Phillips SAN FRANCISCO – Peace officers with a known history of serious police misconduct cannot be hired by the San Francisco Police Dept. or the San Fra...
Highlights (May 19th – June 3rd): The total number of confirmed cases has increased from 862 to 2,395, which marks a 177% increase in the 14-day period. Similarly,...
By Julietta Bisharyan SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO – The sound of fireworks cracking and paint cans spraying filled the Bay Area streets this week, following the tragic deat...
By Ruby Wilks OAKLAND – The fight for racial justice continued here this week as thousands took their demands and activism peacefully to the streets. An estimated 1...
By Linh Nguyen LOS ANGELES COUNTY– The ACLU of Southern California is asking for the curfew order that came about from the Black Lives Matter movement protests to b...
By Linh Nguyen The NAACP is addressing the recent acts of police brutality against Black lives, and has called for justice for the Black lives lost to police brutality an...