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California will remake San Quentin prison, emphasizing rehab
Visiting San Quentin, California’s oldest prison once home to a gas chamber used to execute inmates on the nation’s largest death row, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday touted a plan to overhaul the facility in favor of a rehabilitation-centered approach that could become a model for the world.
California ‘Teacher of the Year’ faces 14 charges in child sexual abuse case
A teacher in National City who won a Teacher of the Year award in August was arrested and booked into county jail for an “inappropriate relationship” with a 13-year-old former student, police said.
Why This California Inland Empire City Is Considered the ‘Next Frontier’ for Industrial
A high desert city in California's Inland Empire is teeming with industrial development as Southern California's appetite for this type of real estate grows.
California oil company must pay $65M over oil spills
A defunct company that spilled more than a million gallons of crude oil and wastewater in California must pay more than $65 million in penalties and cleanup costs, federal prosecutors announced Monday.
Coronavirus Files: Lab leak returns to headlines as California emergency expires
Essential workers — mostly Black, Latino and low-income — faced all kinds of invasive surveillance during the height of the pandemic. Yet they weren’t given the most useful information that would allow them to monitor their own COVID-19 exposure, reports Ambar Castillo at STAT.
