April 12, 2016 | Ben Bradford
Victims of crime have held rallies and events around the California state Capitol over the last week. That's at a time when California is shifting away from years of “tough-on-crime” laws, and Governor Jerry Brown pushes a measure to shift further.
November 12, 2015 | Ben Bradford
The state of California has approved new funding for jail construction.
September 28, 2015 | Ben Bradford
A new study finds California’s prison realignment did not reduce prison costs or the number of repeat offenders, but it did help the state meet a court-mandated prison population.
August 5, 2015
The Rocky Fire outside Clearlake has grown to more than 67,000 acres but a change in weather has helped firefighters increase their containment of the blaze to 20 percent. NPR reporter Kirk Siegler is on the scene and joins us with an update.
January 23, 2015 | Katie Orr
Governor Jerry Brown had a lot to say about the California criminal justice system today. But he stopped short of proposing reforms.
May 7, 2014 | Ben Adler
An Alameda County judge has ruled that tens of thousands of California felons should be eligible to vote, overturning a decision made by Secretary of State Debra Bowen from 2011.
