“This report is tragic, and reflects a true state of emergency on the streets of our community," Supervision Mark Ridley-Thomas said of the new Health Department statistics. "It is unconscionable and inhumane for society to continue to turn a blind eye to this plight."
The good news is that PG&E has reduced the number of counties that will be affected by public safety power shutoffs. The company says power outages will cease for Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Mateo counties.
State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said the county has seen a 12% increase in non-renewals of fire insurance policies.
Del Norte County is gearing up for an expansion of commercial cannabis.
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for failing to turn over police misconduct records in violation of a new law.
More than 200,000 California residents have been evacuated and another 2 million are without power in what has become another vicious fire season and Gavin Newsom’s biggest test as governor.
The 37-year-old deputy was shot and killed while responding to a purported marijuana robbery.
For L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, questionable rehires seem to be more a feature than a bug.
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of former L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca’s conviction on federal obstruction charges.
Likening the proliferation of illicit marijuana cultivation to a “raging forest fire,” Siskiyou County Sheriff Jon Lopey is once again urging the governor to declare a state of emergency.
Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a $222.2 billion budget proposal for 2020-21 on Friday – the second annual spending plan he has presented as governor and the largest in state history.