Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz’s death marks the latest in Imperial County in months and is among four across the country this year.
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Many California prisoners can get a chance at release through expanded parole opportunities. But gaining release requires someone to demonstrate personal growth and accountability before the state Parole Board. -
Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died. She was 86. Her 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement. -
A class-action lawsuit stemming from gender identity policies at an Escondido middle school could be heading to the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Union leaders are encouraging them to report the harassment to police. -
The federal agency’s failure to meet the deadline came in the final days of a deadly year for immigrants in federal detention. -
President Trump focused on California first as his administration rolled out its crackdown on unauthorized immigration, sending the National Guard to Los Angeles and carrying out high profile raids throughout the state. -
San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan told congressional lawmakers Wednesday, the hundreds of prosecutions her office has made are just "the tip of the iceberg." -
Rabbi Yossi Tiefenbrun of Chabad of Pacific Beach said his congregation will not let "a few terrorists" take Hanukkah away from them. -
Wilson family attorneys believe the settlement may be the largest amount paid in a case stemming from a police killing in U.S. history. It surpasses the $27 million paid out by Minneapolis to the family of George Floyd. -
John Porten, former director of research at USD's Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, says grassroots work on issues such as homelessness, hunger and dirty beaches can strengthen community bonds and make Americans less susceptible to outside forces determined to further divide the country.
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