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ACLU Challenges Unconstitutional Seizure of UCSC Student's Phone
SAN FRANCISCO, March 5, 2025 â The ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the Center for Protest Law & Litigation, and civil rights attorney Thomas SeabaughâŻfiled a motion today to challenge ...
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State and local officials are still asking law enforcement to prevent gun violence. Community leaders believe gun violence should be treated as a public health crisis, and incorporate prevention strategies that address the social factors in areas most at risk.
2022 was a year that needed a lot of explaining. And California Local was there. Here are our 10 most important explanatory journalism stories from the year gone by, from immigration to cryptocurrency to wealth inequality and more.
With a flurry of new laws ready to take effect, the Pajaronian took a look at a handful of the more notable ones, which take on several aspects of criminal justice, health services and firearms. WALKING A FINE LINE Before âŚ
How two UC professors dove into the weed world of Santa Cruz and beyond to explore the future of legal cannabis
Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge loses life to pancreatic cancer
Santa Cruz County Sheriffâs Office to employ third-party inspector general
County prosecutor reads disturbing text messages showing racist intent
WATSONVILLEâOfficers from six law agencies met at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Tuesday through Thursday for training in how to respond to civil disobedience. California Highway Patrol officer Dave Reed said the Mobile Field Face Disobedience course focuses on policy âŚ
The 49ers PAC spent an unprecedented $3 million on Anthony Becker, Sudhanshu âSudsâ Jain, and Kevin Park's campaigns. Now they and two of their peers must respond to lack of transparency and cover-up charges from the Civil Grand Jury, and âŚ
SANTA CRUZâFor the purposes of this article, Maya and Sebastian Laingâs story begins on Oct. 20, when a group of strangers paid a late-night visit to their grandmotherâs house where they had been staying.  After trying unsuccessfully to convince the âŚ
WATSONVILLEâPolice have arrested a man suspected of starting a fire in St. Patrickâs Catholic Parish that caused $100,000 in damage. Alberto Melgoza, 36, is also suspected of setting a fire at Ave Maria Memorial Chapel in June, Watsonville Police spokeswoman âŚ
Two students were arrested at Scotts Valley High School Monday by Scotts Valley Police Department officers, as part of a joint investigation with the Santa Cruz Police Department into the assault of a homeless man. The boysâa 16-year-old resident of âŚ
Californiaâs goal of zero traffic fatalities remains distant. Here are some common causes of deaths on the road that can be fixed, but havenât been.
Homicide rates remain high in some of California's most Republican, Trump-voting counties. Are law-and-order policies against crime a bust? Hereâs why political voting patterns are a strong indicator of violent crime in states and counties.
County asks for community feedback before beginning the search for an independent investigator
The $6 million will be used to expand mental health care, create diversion opportunities and more
Steven Carrillo, an active-duty Air Force servicemember, fell down a rabbit hole of Facebook extremism and became convinced he could start a new civil war. Then he turned his online obsession into real-life murder.
County sheriffs have tended to be predominantly white, male and politically conservative. But in California, those trends may be moving in the other direction, as recent elections and legislation appear to show.
The U.S. Department of Justice said it has seen a tenfold increase in the amount of ghost guns seized by law enforcement since 2016.
SANTA CRUZâSanta Cruz Countyâs new Public Defender office began operations on July 1, and the departmentâs roughly 60 employees celebrated the occasion with a barbecue in the backyard of its May Avenue headquarters. The new office includes an increased number âŚ
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