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ICE quietly opens another detention center in a former California prison

Immigration and Customs Enforcement again has expanded in California’s Central Valley, activating a new 700-bed detention facility operated by the for-profit prison company GEO Group.  Advocates say...

Plans to fix gaps in Newsom’s mental health court reopen divisions over involuntary care

Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to help thousands of homeless Californians when he launched a new mental health court in 2023. So far, it has struggled to help the...

How a CHP hiring spree started to bend the curve on CalPERS contribution rates

There’s a surprise in the upcoming budget for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System: The cost of paying for pensions is actually starting to come down. Don’t...

Rideshare drivers sue Uber over being kicked off app in new challenge to California law

Uber has failed to create an appeals system to give drivers due process when they’re kicked off the app, violating the California law it...

Woman alleges violent sexual assault by Eric Swalwell: ‘He raped me’

A Beverly Hills woman alleged Tuesday (April 14th) that Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell sexually assaulted her at a hotel room in 2018, saying she...

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A look at the top candidates vying to be California’s controller

In the race for oversight over California’s budget, the...

How California’s 2 biggest pension funds became a battleground for Trump politics and more

California’s two biggest public pension funds have more money than ever...

Lawsuit blames ChatGPT maker OpenAI for helping plan a school shooting

The widow of a man killed in last year’s mass...

42 Arrested in Riverside County Child Exploitation Investigation

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — A yearlong investigation targeting the...