San Luis Obispo County Dist. Atty. Dan Dow retweeted a pair of inflammatory posts about New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. Backlash followed.

OPINION – Since January, ICE agents have arrested at least 22 people at California state courthouses in Fresno – with no regard for due process or dignity. These individuals were not fugitives. Some w...

Alameda County prosecutors have not yet publicly decided whether they’ll request to try the teen suspected of killing Derbing Jose Alvarado Gonzalez in adult court.

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In summary California’s experiment with increasing pay for jury duty would come to an early end under the new budget Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking lawmakers to approve.

The U.S. Justice Department has canceled hundreds of ongoing grants that funded everything from services for mental health care for police officers to support programs for victims of crime and sexual assault, according to internal records and four people familiar with the matter.

Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors allocated $1.3 million to the Alameda Public Defender’s immigration unit.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers have overlooked the first and most important line of defense for vulnerable immigrants: public defenders.

California jails saw historic numbers of in-custody deaths as inmate populations shrank. Now, they are expected to grow again as Proposition 36 takes effect.

Private prison executives are celebrating November’s election results, with one pointing to the passage of California's Proposition 36 as a possible boon.

Drug fatalities have been on a extended decline for the first time in at least a decade.

With a nearly $1 billion funding disparity, it’s no wonder California’s prisons are overcrowded with low-income Black and brown people.