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Newsom's plan to transform San Quentin prison lacks details but is moving ahead
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoGov. Gavin Newsom has sweeping plans to transform San Quentin State Prison into a place where...
L.A. County wants to curb riskier fentanyl use. Its approach worries some activists
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoPipe handouts and other harm reduction can be a bridge to treatment, and cut infection and disease,...
Bass and Caruso differ on crime issues and policing — but not as much as many think
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoWhile the L.A. mayoral race has been cast as an ideological showdown between Karen Bass, a...
Back to School Bash, right whale protections, shark sightings: News from around our 50 states
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoAlabama Montgomery: The state’s prison system said Friday the execution of Joe Nathan James Jr. on...
Despite 'defunding' claims, police funding has increased in many US cities
ABC News via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoIn Los Angeles, the county sheriff says local residents are in danger because "defunding has...
California faces hefty court fines for lagging efforts to prevent prisoner suicides
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoMore than 200 inmates killed themselves over an eight-year period when state prison officials failed...
'I'm gonna O.J. you': How the Simpson case changed perceptions — and the law — on domestic violence
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoO.J. Simpson flees police in the back of a white Ford Bronco on the 91 Freeway on June 17, 1994. The...
For gang outreach workers, wrestling with psychological scars now part of the battle
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoGang interventionists have long been on the front lines of Los Angeles' fight against gang violence....
He heard voices. He bought a gun. Now he's accused of killing an L.A. deputy
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoExperts say the 29-year-old man accused of shooting a Los Angeles Sheriff's Office deputy may have...
Homicides dropped by over 10% in America’s biggest cities in 2023
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoAfter three years of distressingly high levels, homicides in the US declined significantly across...