Asylum-Seekers Sent Back to Tijuana Under Trump Policy Are Finally Starting to Get Their Day in Court
San Diego/Tijuana border crossing into Mexico. Fernanda Echavarri Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. G.B. sat up straight and adjusted the headphones given to him by an interpreter. “Good afternoon sir,” the judge said. “Si, señor,” G.B. responded, and the interpreter translated: “Yes, sir.” “Go ahead and try to relax,” the judge…
California Governor Announces Reprieve for the State’s 737 Death Row Inmates
Rich Pedroncelli/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce a moratorium Wednesday on the state’s death penalty, giving 737 death row inmates a reprieve from execution. The death sentences are still in place, but no inmates will be executed as long as the moratorium is…
California’s Teachers Are Finally Going After the Original Sin That Wrecked the State’s Public Schools
Student Damyha Gates, 9, center, speaks next to her mother, teacher Myeisha Jones, center left, as teachers, parents and supporters march outside of Manzanita Community School in Oakland, California. Jeff Chiu/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On February 20, just before Oakland’s teachers went on strike, Carmelita Reyes organized a…
A Second Federal Court Just Struck Down the 2020 Census Citizenship Question
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announces a lawsuit filed by California challenging a citizenship question on the 2020 census.Rich Pedroncelli/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A second federal judge on Wednesday struck down a controversial question about US citizenship that the Trump administration added to the 2020 census, writing that it…
California Won’t Charge Officers in the Stephon Clark Case—But the Feds Might
Selena Manni, fiancée of Stephon Clark, wipes tears as she reacts to the decision by District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert to not press charges on Saturday.Renee C. Byer/Sacramento Bee/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update, March 5, 2019, 5:09 pm ET: Hours after Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced his office…
For Camp Fire Survivors, PG&E’s Bankruptcy Makes an Already Difficult Recovery Even More Complicated
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In early February, John Gillander, an older man with a thick white mustache and wire-rimmed glasses, parked his red Ford Fiesta inside a county park in…