A Santa Clara County judge who was recalled this year has been ordered to pay $161,825.68 to the attorneys who represented the woman leading the effort to oust him.
San Bernardino County leads the state in digital surveillance warrants. One privacy group says its sheriff's department is being cagey with the information.
The four deputies, who were criminally charged by prosecutors last year, allegedly enlisted another inmate known as “the Preacher” to spray Miguel Soria with urine and feces.
Five current or former members of the California Coastal Commission, including former Marin County Supervisor Steve Kinsey, are on the hook for more than $959,000 in court costs and attorney fees following a ruling earlier this month.
With another case filed Friday, a total of five women have filed lawsuits alleging sexual assault by Giancarlo Scotti, a 10-year department employee who was working at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood.
Frank Mendoza was killed by sheriff’s deputies in a tragic case of mistaken identity.
Voters in Orange County’s 2nd District are less than one week away from a special election that could alter the ideological makeup of the Board of Supervisors.
A Watsonville hemp producer is suing the County of Santa Cruz for incorrectly labeling its hemp crop as marijuana — a sampling error that the company says cost $9.6 million.
Sonoma County cannabis growers are looking forward to a much simpler permitting process that would eliminate the need for public hearings before approval.
