California lawmakers could set new education requirements for police officers, but the bill has critics from all sides — including former Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, who authored the state’s watershed 2021 police reform bill.
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A 16-year-old boy suspected of stabbing a teenage girl in an apparent hate crime in Lakeside pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. -
Even so, the MTS encouraged riders to continue to wear face coverings and practice social distancing if possible to curb the spread of the coronavirus. -
The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes, trains and travel hubs. -
Three men who pleaded guilty to federal charges for their roles in a years-long card skimming scheme that took financial information from people using ATMs and gas pumps in San Diego and elsewhere were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms. -
A Navy service member assigned to a San Diego-based explosive ordnance disposal unit died last weekend during a training event in Hawaii, the Navy reported Wednesday. -
Residents attending a town hall meeting said the attack allegedly by a 16-year-old white boy is yet another example of unchecked racism in East County. -
While the car was going through the cleansing system, the man stepped out for unknown reasons and was dragged into part of the mechanism. -
California lawmakers have advanced a measure that would make it easier to skirt a federal law in order to sue gun-makers. -
Microgrids are small power grids that can operate in parallel or independently of the larger electric grid to keep pre-defined areas or community resources powered during emergencies. -
Both the heads of the Citizens Law Enforcement Review Board (CLERB) and the Commission on Police Practices (CPP) said they were not informed of the changes announced Wednesday.
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