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Wards from the sex offender treatment program exercise at the O.H. Close Youth Correctional Facility in Stockton on March 15, 2007. A controversial new law that takes effect next year will dismantle the state’s current juvenile justice system and transfer responsibility for convicted youth back to counties. Photo by Steve Yeater, AP Photo

Juvenile justice overhaul: How the governor’s plan shifts care of serious offenders to counties

by Elizabeth Aguilera October 22, 2020October 21, 2020

The state’s Division of Juvenile Justice will no longer accept newly convicted young people after July 2021 in a shutdown quickly signed off on by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

UC unfairly admitted well-connected students

by Emily Hoeven September 23, 2020September 23, 2020

In order to comply with local regulations, a Vista, Ca nail salon operates outside on Aug. 1, 2020. Photo by Simone Hogan via iStock

Nail salons can reopen indoors, COVID tests now available to all

by Ana B. Ibarra September 22, 2020September 22, 2020

Good news at last from California's coronavirus testing: The percentage of people tested who have the virus has dropped significantly. Image via iStock

Coronavirus positivity rate hits record low

by Emily Hoeven September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

File photo of COVID-19 testing at San Francisco Department of Public Health laboratory. Today, Mark Ghaly, Secretary of California Health and Human Services, announced the state will enter into a new contract for a test reporting system. Photo by Tyrone Jue courtesy of San Francisco Department of Public Health

Tracking COVID-19: State signs multimillion-dollar contract for new reporting system

by Ana B. Ibarra September 1, 2020September 1, 2020

People line up behind a health care worker at a mobile coronavirus testing site at the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles on July 22, 2020. A technical problem has caused a lag in California's tally of coronavirus test results, casting doubt on the accuracy of recent data showing improvements in the infection rate and number of positive cases, and hindering efforts to track the spread, the state's top health official said today. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo

Going down? Maybe not. State reports technical glitch led to COVID-19 undercount

by Ana B. Ibarra August 4, 2020August 7, 2020

People wait in line at a Covid-19 testing facility sponsored by the Native American Health Center on International Boulevard near 31st Avenue in Oakland on July 7, 2020. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group

The new COVID-19 rationing: Testing just got harder to get in California

by Ana B. Ibarra July 14, 2020July 15, 2020

Finding a friend in Oregon, Newsom’s lawsuit pays off and the Nazi next door

by Ben Christopher June 7, 2019

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer handcuffs an adult male.

Becerra requests Trump administration emails, internal records about immigration crackdown

by Courtney Fong August 8, 2018June 23, 2020