Lysée Mitri

The state’s Elderly Parole program can be traced back to a 2014 court order, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). It aimed to address prison overcrowding.

Assembly Bill 2598 was introduced in response to KCRA’s “Dignity Delayed.” The investigation revealed a backlog of human remains after patient deaths at Dignity Health hospitals.

Californians face the fourth most expensive electricity rates, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration

On Tuesday, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors met for the first time since the release of a Civil Grand Jury report in March that called out the board, alleging failures that may have contributed to the fireworks explosion in Esparto last July that killed seven people.

The trial has begun in an alleged murder-for-hire investigation that spans three states involving a former California Highway Patrol captain and her husband of Sacramento.

On day two of a trial in a tri-state, murder-for-hire investigation involving a California Highway Patrol captain, detectives walked jurors through the evidence and why it led them to arrest Thomas O’Donnell, of Napa.

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Jurors heard from law enforcement on Thursday, getting a detailed explanation of everything from phone data to flight and hotel records in the trial of Thomas O’Donnell. Prosecutors believe the evidence shows that he murdered Michael Harding, the estranged husband of California Highway Patrol Commander Julie Harding.

A Kentucky jury on Friday convicted a Napa man of murder for his role in a tri-state, murder-for-hire case involving a former California Highway Patrol captain.

On Monday, a Kentucky jury recommended the most severe penalty they could—life in prison—for Thomas O’Donnell.