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California’s Tough New Crime Law Cracks Down on Offenders — But Drug Treatment Funding Is Nowhere to Be Found
Two years after California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36, promising tougher consequences for drug and theft crimes alongside a path to treatment, questions are...
Vaccine Mandate Advocate Challenges Party-Switching Conservative in Bid to Flip Seat
A high-stakes House race taking shape in the Sacramento region is putting healthcare front and center, as two candidates with sharply contrasting records vie...
California Seeks to Ban Child Marriage, But Faces Pushback From Civil Rights Groups
California could soon join a growing list of states that no longer allow anyone under 18 to marry, ending a practice that has quietly...
Bridget “Biddy” Mason: The Formerly Enslaved Woman Whose Legacy Helped Shape Black Los Angeles
Los Angeles has long carried the fingerprints of a woman most residents have never heard of. That is beginning to change.
Earlier this month, the...
Mayoral Candidates Spar Over Policing and Police Chief, but Sidestep Other Pressing Issues
As Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman position themselves as rivals in the race to lead California's largest city, their...
