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No 23. Jake Furlong: Climbing the list
Defenseman Jake Furlong was on the outside looking in last season. He didn't even make the honorable mentions for the 2023 Top 25 Under 25 list. But stock in the San Jose Sharks' 140th overall pic...
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How the California mental health crisis emerged out of the state’s history of deinstitutionalization and laws designed to protect the mentally ill, as well as the communities around them.
The California Supreme Court has kept the state at the forefront of legal issues surrounding abortion, the death penalty and same-sex marriage, starting in its earliest days in the Gold Rush era.
The links between homelessness and crime are complex, and the idea that unhoused individuals present a danger to their community seems to be exaggerated.
California has historically been ahead of the rest of the country in expanding the legal right to abortion services. Here’s what state laws say today, and how we got here.
Pushed by activists, cities move from at-large elections to district races.
From San Jose Spotlight...
A legal shield protecting police officers from excessive force lawsuits has taken a major blow in San Jose. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied qualified immunity for Michael Panighetti, a San Jose Police Department officer who shot a Black activist, Derrick Sanderlin, in the groin with a foam round while he held a sign in 2020. The incident occurred during local protests over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. The ruling allows Sanderlin’s excessive force lawsuit to proceed, despite city officials’ efforts to prevent it from going forward.“We are happy the case is going forward. It’s been a long time coming — over four years at this point — so all my clients are eager to have their case finally heard by a jury," attorney Sarah Marinho, who represents Sanderlin and six others in the lawsuit, told San José Spotlight.Marinho said she expects the case to move forward in the trial courts soon.“I’m waiting at any moment to receive the next court date by the trial judge. That could be a month out — there’s no way to know when exactly," Marinho said. Related Stories
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Santa Clara County wants to purchase a tiny home village for homeless residents from San Jose and use it to house formerly incarcerated people — sparking safety concerns from nearby homeowners.
San Jose leaders have greenlit the purchase of more than $400,000 in military equipment for the city’s police department to replenish its existing inventory of weapons and devices.
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The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office launched a public data dashboard last week to support what they said will promote “transparency, accountability, and community engagement” within the criminal justice system.
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