New DNA testing has cleared Kenneth Clair of the 1984 murder of a Santa Ana nanny, and his legal team is urging the Orange County District Attorney to declare him legally innocent.
The City of San Jose has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of David Tovar, an unarmed man who was fatally shot by police in 2021, after an excessive force lawsuit alleged that the officers' actions caused Tovar to suffer an "agonizing and torturous death".
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that incarcerated people have a right to a jury trial when they are accused of failing to file a prison grievance, if they claim they were prevented from doing so due to allegations of abuse or retaliation.
Over 24 members of the California Legislature are calling on the state's Republican congressional delegation to pressure President Trump to end indiscriminate immigration crackdowns that are harming the state's economy and communities.
Judge Benjamin Williams granted a Romero motion to strike the man's prior convictions, waived fines and fees due to his unemployment, and ordered him to serve two years of probation, fully modifiable by the mental health court.