Los Angeles has seen a 17.5% reduction in street homelessness in the past year, with the city's Inside Safe initiative and other efforts being credited for the progress, but advocacy groups caution ...

Deputy Public Defender Craig's attempt to reduce charges against her client was denied by Judge Rosenberg, with the accused facing one felony count for possession of hard drugs with two prior ...

A prosecutor's request for $100,000 bail was denied by a judge in Central Islip Criminal Court after it was found that the alleged conduct occurred before any enforceable order of protection was in ...

Three bills from California Senator Scott Wiener have passed the State Assembly, aiming to improve and fund public ...

Twenty-six people have died in LA County jails this year, with over half yet to be sentenced, and the county's failure to ...

Senator Jerry McNerney's SB 846 has been signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, aiming to protect California farmworkers ...

Brittany Martin, a South Carolina woman who participated in a non-violent Black Lives Matter protest, was sentenced to four ...

Deputy Public Defender Elly Leggatt raised concerns about receiving a pre-arraignment offer the night before the hearing, and ...

UC Davis, majoring in political science. She has an interest in local government and law and hopes to pursue a career in this pathway in the future. Through the Vanguard, she hopes to learn more about ...

Protesters in five cities in the US, including Denver, Palo Alto, Seattle, Washington D.C., and New York City, are demanding ...

The American prison system is a carceral continuum that perpetuates cycles of harm, and reform is not the solution, but ...

A 32-year-old man was ruled to have enough evidence to move forward with charges of murder, child endangerment, and firearm possession after a preliminary hearing in San Francisco Superior Court.