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COVID surge upends some California courts – again

While some California courts pull back amid the Omicron surge, others forge ahead with business as usual.

에 의해 Byrhonda Lyons • 1월 6, 2022

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Prop. 47 targeted by Dem, GOP lawmakers

A Democratic bill would reverse a key aspect of Proposition 47 by reducing the felony threshold for petty theft and shoplifting, while a Republican one would overturn Prop. 47 altogether.

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 1월 5, 2022

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California Democrats embrace tough-on-crime rhetoric

Give to CalMatters today and your gift will be doubled! Your support helps keep our nonprofit journalism free and accessible to all Californians. Donate now. “It is time that the reign of criminals who are destroying our city … come to an end. And it comes to an end when we take the steps to […]

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 12월 15, 2021

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Newsom book tour reveals priority: More dollars for dyslexia screenings

Give to CalMatters today and your gift will be doubled! Your support helps keep our nonprofit journalism free and accessible to all Californians. Donate now. Anti-crime initiatives won’t be alone in receiving “an exponential increase of support” in the budget proposal Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to send to state lawmakers in January. Dyslexia screenings […]

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 12월 8, 2021

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California scores gun control victory — for now

As California tries to crack down on crime, it secured a sizable victory for its strict gun control laws on Tuesday. That’s when a federal appeals court reinstated California’s bans on the sale and possession of high-capacity magazines that can funnel more than 10 rounds of ammunition into a single firearm. The 7-4 ruling from […]

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 12월 1, 2021

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‘Devil on the loose’: What’s behind Kern County’s soaring homicide rate?

Kern County has had state’s highest homicide rate since 2016, with rival prison gangs warring on its rural northern border.

에 의해 나이젤 두아라 • 12월 1, 2021

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After looters ransack Bay Area stores, crime rises as 2022 state campaign issue

For evidence that crime will likely be a key issue for California voters in next year’s election, look no further than this weekend. On Sunday, a pack of looters robbed a jewelry store in a Hayward mall, smashing glass cases and absconding with the valuables into waiting cars. Also Sunday, Walnut Creek police recommended that […]

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 11월 22, 2021

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Outgunned: The story of a woman, an abuser, and California’s failing gun control

Outgunned: The story of a woman, an abuser, and California’s failing gun control By Robert Lewis November 17, 2021 Lea este artículo en español. Eighteen miles south of the Central Valley home that was her prison, down Highway 99 past almond orchards and trucks overloaded with hay bales, sits the Madera County Superior Court. The four-story […]

에 의해 Robert Lewis • 11월 17, 2021

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How California lets abusers stay armed

Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, November 17. Loopholes in state laws Today, a man named Julio Garay is due to appear in Madera County Superior Court, where he faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing his wife, Calley Jean Garay, a month after she requested a domestic violence […]

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 11월 17, 2021

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‘What real reparations can look like’

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, October 1. Police reform + racial justice Better late than never. That was the message undergirding a stack of criminal and racial justice bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on Thursday, a year after many of them failed to make it out of the Democratic-controlled state Legislature. California now […]

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 10월 1, 2021