Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig has claimed that California's public assistance system is "completely corrupted" due to widespread fraud and weakened enforcement, while critics have noted that public assistance fraud is a small fraction of total benefits distributed nationwide.
The Davis Joint Unified School District Board of Education is facing a potential loss of 1,000 students over the next decade due to rising housing prices, falling birth rates, and changes in UC Davis's workforce patterns, which could lead to school closures and staff cuts unless two proposed housing developments are approved.
San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow appeared in court to address two posts he shared on his personal X account connecting the election of New York City's first Muslim mayor to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Over 80,000 healthcare, research, and technical professionals across the University of California system are set to launch a statewide strike on November 17-18 to protest the UC's refusal to address the staffing crisis threatening patient care, student services, and the research mission.
The Trump administration is replacing nearly half of top leaders at ICE field offices across the country with Border Patrol officers, an agency long criticized for its culture of cruelty and lack of accountability, resulting in increased immigration enforcement and aggressive tactics.