More California police departments are deploying body cameras. A new state Supreme Court ruling restricts how prosecutors can use footage of witness accounts at trial.

California lawmakers tried nine times to stiffen penalties for trafficking of a minor. The latest effort appeared to die — until a social media campaign forced Democrats to reconsider.

A Bay Area woman sued her husband’s employer after she became infected with COVID-19. The California Supreme Court found that giving her workers’ comp could set a precedent that would imperil the system.

Californians accused of crimes spend an average of five days waiting to see a lawyer. Santa Clara County has a successful program that helps defendants keep their jobs and spend less time in jail.

A 2021 state law took investigations into California police shootings out of the hands of local cops. Now, some families say the new system is agonizing in its own way.

California law requires law enforcement agencies to release body cam footage of police shootings. Many departments shape those images into stories they want to tell.

California Department of Justice can’t say how many cases it chose not to investigate during the past 18 months under a new state law, which aimed to ensure state oversight of police shootings.

With two months before the moratorium expires on June 30, there is no proposed legislation on giving renters more time.

An infectious disease’s transmissibility is defined as its reproduction rate. And the novel coronavirus virus is very good at reproducing.