The Marin County Board of Supervisors has voted to move forward with an ordinance requiring drug companies to provide for the safe disposal of old and unused medications.
Kern County has become the ninth county in California to adopt legislation aimed at increasing mandatory mental health treatment for potentially high-risk individuals.
The money would be drawn from a $500 million fund that the state has arranged to build and renovate jails.
The case dates back to 2008 when a then-teen jump an 8-foot fence and found help at a nearby business.
It comes in the form of the new Cal MediConnect program which begins enrollment this week.
A wildfire which has been burning near Napa Valley for several days was 65 percent contained as of Sunday night with full containment expected by Tuesday, according to Cal Fire officials.
The passage of Proposition 47 has played a “significant role” in Los Angeles’ rising crime rate, Sheriff Jim McDonnell said in an interview with the Associated Press Thursday.
The state added three more counties to its coronavirus watch list last week, bringing the total number to 29.
County News has written extensively about the resistance to face mask orders.
Fourteen firefighters at a single Los Angeles station have tested positive for coronavirus.
