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In a unanimous decision last week, the California Supreme court ruled that keeping people behind bars simply because they cannot pay a set bail amount is unconstitutional. Voters last November defeated a measure to eliminate cash bail in California and replace it with a system of risk assessment and supervision. The Supreme court ruling does not eliminate bail, but restricts its implementation based on the resources of the accused.

The massive failure of California’s unemployment insurance program during the pandemic has highlighted yet again the state’s outdated technology. Billions of dollars were lost to fraud as people in need of help waited weeks for relief. But despite these public failings, or maybe because of them, there’s a push at the highest levels of state government to change how California goes about procuring and updating its technology.

Jim Pillen, backed by Nebraska's term-limited Republican governor, Pete Ricketts, has defeated rival candidates, including Charles Herbster — a political newcomer endorsed by former President Trump.

Uvalde residents struggle to reconcile what they know of the well-liked lawman, Pete Arredondo.

As neighboring countries let in Ukrainian refugees, Africans living and studying in Ukraine say they're facing discrimination at border crossings. Media coverage of the invasion is part of the reason.

San Diego sports fans have reason to celebrate, as today marks not only opening day for the Padres season, but a return to in-person seating at Petco Park. And while fans can return in limited numbers, the cost of attendance won’t come cheap. The most modestly priced opening day tickets are listed for multiple hundreds of dollars - with prices surging in the thousands on the secondary market.

Early voting begins today in the special election to fill the 79th district state assembly seat. The seat used to belong to Dr. Shirley Weber, now the Secretary of State. Meanwhile, San Diego county and Mexico are working together on opening a new vaccination site downtown at the Mexican Consulate. Plus, South bay women leaders in healthcare get honored for their work during the pandemic.

An attorney charged in the investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe had accused Durham of trying to politicize the case and gin up negative press coverage.

The Marines have the fewest number of women of any of the armed services. Though the Corps has now integrated its two boot camps, that's just one of several hurdles the Corps faces to fully welcoming women to its ranks. Also, the parents of a hiker who drowned in Mission Trails Regional Park in January are working to get a bridge built in his memory. And, research shows alcohol consumption rose by 14% nation-wide in 2020.

Jillian Hanesworth says what her city needs right now is honest conversations about systemic racism, the history of segregation, redlining and highway construction that hurt Black neighborhoods.