SAN JOSE — The Bay Area News Group has sued the San Jose Police Department to force the release of dozens of files on officer misconduct and use of force, more than 18 months after …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT:[email protected] As millions of people in California and across the United States face the prospect of losing housing due to the economic effects of COVID-19, new polling published on Monday shows …
Before the coronavirus shutdown, 24-year-old Alexa Lewis resided happily with four roommates in a spacious Richmond District flat for which she and her housemates paid $4,900 a month. Then April came, and all hell broke …
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been praised for his swift action to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The governor’s March 19 statewide shelter-in-place order appears to have spared his constituents the fate of those in hot …
Patricia Mendoza lost her job with a non-emergency medical transport service after nursing homes placed restrictions on people coming in and out amid the coronavirus crisis. Now the mother of two is out of work …
The first inmate at a state prison has died of COVID-19 complications. He was incarcerated at the California Institution for Men in Chino. The state prison system says the unidentified inmate died at an outside …
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced last month that he would commit $150 million to addressing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Project RoomKey, in collaboration with local efforts, aims to shelter 50,000 of the state’s more than 150,000 homeless people …
In early April, state correctional officials said they were trying to figure out the origin of COVID-19 infections that had begun to appear at the California Institution for Men, a state prison in Chino. At the time, …
As COVID-19 outbreaks proliferate inside California’s jails and prisons, a new statewide survey of state voters shows broad, bipartisan support for elected prosecutors and sheriffs to follow public health guidance and reduce the number of …
As of April 11, the California Department of Corrections reported that the CDCR’s COVID-19 stats jumped again, with 55 incarcerated persons who have tested positive for the virus, and 77 CDCR staff members who had also tested positive, for …
As COVID-19 continues to spread across California and into the state’s detention facilities, a new statewide survey of voters shows broad support for releasing people from prison—including the elderly, people with medical conditions that place …
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