Jules Hotz for CalMatters
In the closing days of the legislative year, California lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that is meant to toughen scrutiny of the state’s embattled fire insurer of last resort by insisting that two of their leaders join its governing committee.
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KPBS Midday EditionAn investigation by Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting found numerous police officers post and engage with racist memes, conspiracy theories and Islamophobia as members of Facebook hate groups. -
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A registered sex offender who broke into a neighbor's home in Oak Park, where he raped and sodomized a 3-year-old girl, was sentenced Monday to 85 years in state prison. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe sole gunman in a Southern California synagogue shooting in which a woman was killed told an investigator he adopted his hatred of Judaism 18 months before the fatal attack, according to a federal search warrant. -
The U.S. Coast Guard says lifeguards have found a missing man on a personal watercraft near Fiesta Island. -
Ex-NFL tight end Kellen Winslow Jr., who was convicted of forcible rape and misdemeanor indecent exposure and lewd conduct counts earlier this week, will be retried on charges involving two other alleged victims on which jurors deadlocked, prosecutors announced Friday. -
The San Diego Humane Society announced today that its Humane Law Enforcement division conducted a one-day sweep of pet stores and issued more than 100 citations for violations of a partial state ban on the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits. -
A 30-year-old man accused of fatally shooting an off- duty sheriff's deputy in Los Angeles County is being investigated as a possible suspect in four San Diego County armed robberies and one attempted heist, police said Wednesday. -
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Margaret Hunter, the wife of Congressman Duncan Hunter, who was co-indicted on corruption charges last year, has agreed to change her plea of not guilty and is scheduled to appear in federal court Thursday morning.
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