The emotional and psychological toll of the death penalty on the people forced to carry it out too often goes unmentioned. Chinonye Chukwu’s new film addresses it h...
(From Press Release – SF Public Defender’s Office) – On Monday, January 6, 2020, a jury acquitted Vihn Tran, 38, of felony charges related to a nighttime attack nea...
For over a decade now, the city of Davis has understood the daunting task needed to find funding for road maintenance. Beginning in 2013, when the council identified the...
US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals States DNA Evidence Withheld for 30 Years Has “Minimal” Probative Value By Danielle Silva The United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal...
Joseph Tully is a criminal justice attorney out of Martinez who represented, among others, Paul Fullerton and Heidi Lepp. He is the author of a book called California: St...
Many liberals support reform in theory. But when unpopular decisions need to be made, it’s back to the 1990s “Tough on Crime” playbook. By Adam H. Johnson The putatively...
An initiative led by Dan Urazandi of Bizarro World that would have prohibited paid parking and mandated an increase of 120 auto spaces failed to qualify for the ballot by...
Originally Judge Paul Richardson was going to move from criminal to family court, but late in December that changed and so the 1437 case involving James Olague and Ernest...
(From Press Release – Assemblymember Weber) — Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber (D- San Diego) and Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Fullerton) have introduced a p...
By Danielle Silva A man rented an $8,000 stump grinder and utility trailer for 24 hours and failed to return the items – or to respond to inquiry from an officer almost t...
By Danielle Silva A man allegedly cut through multiple lanes of traffic after his ex-fiancée called 911, ending an argument-filled car ride from Reno with a child in the...
Here we are, exactly a week into the New Year and yet, in less than two months, California will vote not only in the presidential primary, but also on a host of local mea...
By Crescenzo Vellucci Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office has given notice that it may be investigating someone who has...
Amendments to major zoning reform legislation allow more local flexibility. New housing equity groups and elected officials now support SB 50. (From Press Release – Senat...
Melinda Katz, who was inaugurated Monday, is facing criticism over what some say is a broken campaign promise. By Aaron Morrison After less than a week on the job, Melind...
Twice San Francisco-area Senator Scott Wiener has introduced legislation that would reform zoning in California – twice he has not been able to get it to a vote. On Monda...
(From Press Release)—State officials have announced that Mutual Housing California has been approved for two major funding awards under the Proposition 1 Veterans and Aff...
(From Press Release – Assemblymember Bonta) – Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) today unveiled details of the California Green New Deal Act (AB 1839) that...
By Rory Fleming A new year means that all the candidates who won local elections in November get sworn in and start doing the work. One such person is Steve Descano, the...
As a form of punishment, incarceration does not enhance public safety when it is not balanced against its tendency to make a person’s unfortunate situation worse. By Alex...