September 30, 2018 | Ben Adler
Brown saved some sweeping pieces of legislation until the end, including a net neutrality bill that immediately drew a lawsuit from the Trump administration, and a flurry of measures spurred by the Me Too movement.
April 18, 2018
A UC Davis sociologist explains the role research plays in understanding why some police and civilian encounters end fatally when others do not.
.jpg&width=480 "Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D- San Diego discusses a proposed to significantly restrict when police officers can fire their weapons, during a news conference Tuesday, April 3, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif.")
April 3, 2018 | Ben Bradford
The latest police shooting of an unarmed black man — the death of Stephon Clark in Sacramento — has spurred the proposal of a new California law. It would change the almost 150-year-old definition of when an officer can apply deadly force.
July 14, 2017 | Rich Ibarra
Another attempted shooting of Stockton police last night…the second in less than 3 weeks. As before, it occurred during a routine traffic stop.
February 3, 2017
Update 5:10 p.m.: An investigation is underway into an overnight deputy-involved deadly shooting in the Lake Tahoe region.
January 11, 2017
(AP) - A California appeals court tossed out a law that banned grand juries from determining whether police officers involved in fatal shootings should face criminal charges.
November 29, 2016 | Bob Moffitt
UPDATE 4:45 a.m.: The Sacramento City Council has approved a proposal to change how the city oversees its police department.
November 21, 2016
In apparent ambushes, an officer in San Antonio has been killed and one in St. Louis has been injured. Meanwhile, officers in Sanibel, Fla., and Gladstone, Mo., were also shot Sunday.
November 16, 2016
The Ramsey County Attorney said the use of deadly force by Ofc. Jeronimo Yanez was not justified.
October 3, 2016
(AP) - The city of Sacramento's top safety official will recommend changes to police training after two officers fatally shot a mentally ill black man this summer.
