A law championed by Assemblyman Jim Patterson to increase penalties on hit-and-run drivers after a 2018 death of a Clovis Unified educator hit a stumbling block Friday in Sacramento. The Senate Public Safety Committee failed to pass "Gavin's Law," named for Gavin Gladding, killed during a jog on Friant Road...
Gavin's Law, Punishing Hit-and-Run Drivers, Advances in Assembly
A law to toughen criminal penalties on hit-and-run drivers inspired by a Fresno tragedy passed a major legislative hurdle Tuesday. Listen to this article: The Assembly Public Safety Committee approved "Gavin's Law" 5-0 with three members not present. "(This bill closes) a loophole and sort of change this perverse...
Will Gavin’s Law, Honoring Killed Educator, Clear First Hurdle?
Hundreds of family and friends of a Clovis Unified educator killed in a hit-and-run accident gathered at a Fresno park on Friday asking Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) one thing: Bring home justice for their beloved Gavin Gladding. “This is a very valid pursuit. We are encouraged. We are poised for...
Rap Mogul Suge Knight Is Going To Prison for 28 Years
LOS ANGELES — Averting a murder trial that had been nearly four years in coming, former rap mogul Marion Suge Knight pleaded no contest Thursday to voluntary manslaughter for running over and killing a Compton businessman and agreed to serve nearly 30 years in prison. The Death Row Records co-founder...