The San Jose City Council unanimously rejected a 17-story apartment complex that would have replaced a long-abandoned structure, citing concerns about neighborhood character and right-sizing development, despite the city's housing crisis and the project's location near transit corridors.
A father is paying nearly $1,000 a week for court-ordered supervised visitation with his 4-year-old son, despite having no criminal record or history of domestic violence, while a political relationship between the judge and the mother's attorney is at the heart of a judicial disqualification motion.
Progressive prosecutors are facing intense scrutiny for their policies, while traditional prosecutors who have committed serious ethical violations are largely ignored, creating a double standard in the media discourse on criminal justice reform.
Governor Gavin Newsom responded to Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders' claims of California's governance problems by pointing out that the highest murder rates in the country are in red states, and that California's homicide rate is lower than Arkansas' and other red states.
California State Senate Democratic Caucus members denounced the federal government's immigration enforcement in the state, calling it an "authoritarian siege" and reaffirming their commitment to immigrant rights, due process, and resistance to federal overreach.