A powerful Southern California government agency is asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to delay the controversial VMT law. The Southern California Association of Governments — which represents six counties and more than 19 million people — spoke of housing shortage concerns and immediate negative impacts on minorities. Making separate requests of...
In Suing California, Group Says Law Will Keep Grandparents From Seeing Grandchildren
A group suing the State of California says the high cost of living in California will only get worse if a new law takes effect. High-tech workers are already fleeing for remote setups in lower-cost areas like Austin, Pittsburgh, and New Mexico says The Two Hundred cofounder Robert J. Apodaca. The...
Nearly 60 Have Virus at Southern California Nursing Home
LOS ANGELES — Nearly 60 patients and staff members of a Southern California nursing home have tested positive for the coronavirus and two residents have died in what may be the state's largest outbreak at a single facility, authorities said Tuesday. While testing continues, Cedar Mountain Post Acute Rehabilitation in...
Documents Reveal Sexual Abuse at Chowchilla Women’s Prison
A state prison inmate incarcerated at the Central California Women’s Facility was awaiting her group therapy session on Aug. 23, 2017. She stepped backward in her cell toward the door, where Correctional Officer Israel Trevino waited with waist restraints. As he attached the chains, he reached down with both of...
Documents Reveal Sexual Abuse at Chowchilla Women’s Prison
A state prison inmate incarcerated at the Central California Women’s Facility was awaiting her group therapy session on Aug. 23, 2017. She stepped backward in her cell toward the door, where Correctional Officer Israel Trevino waited with waist restraints. As he attached the chains, he reached down with both of...
Last-Minute Challenge to New California Police Records Law Fails
SACRAMENTO — The California Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a last-minute challenge to a pending state law that opens police records to the public and eases what currently is one of the nation's most secretive police privacy laws. The justices denied a police union's petition contending that the law should...
Fresno Mayor Brand Scheduled to Meet President Trump Today
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand, along with more than 100 other mayors, is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House at noon PST. According to a White House news release, Trump and the mayors will discuss “the growing economy, as well as working together to tackle the...
Fresno Mayor Brand Scheduled to Meet President Trump Today
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand, along with more than 100 other mayors, is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House at noon PST. According to a White House news release, Trump and the mayors will discuss “the growing economy, as well as working together to tackle the...