Yolo County Crime & Justice Overview

The Judges of Yolo Superior Court elected Judge Tom M. Dyer and Judge Sonia Cortés to serve as Presiding Judge and Assistant Presiding Judge for 2025-2026. Their terms will begin Jan. 1, 2025.

In more than 30 states, it’s harder than ever to vote this year. But in California, it’s never been easier.

A nearly half-million-dollar state grant will help keep guns off the streets in West Sacramento. Original article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger

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.

“Intelligent” speed-limiting technology will be required in all new California cars starting in 2027, if a new law authored by San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener passes.

In San Mateo County, a new law allows police to charge homeless people with criminal offenses if they don’t accept shelter. SCOTUS will soon weigh in with a potential landmark decision in an Oregon case.

As the COVID pandemic eased, so did the epidemic of death on the road. Somewhat. But the ongoing crisis of traffic fatalities remains at high levels with early numbers form 2023 appearing to top 4,000 in California.

CHP Hosted a Ceremony in West Sacramento to Honor the 96 New Officers Ready to Serve Their CommunityOriginal article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger

Governors Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Ron DeSantis (R-FL) faced each other on a debate stage and traded blows, barbs, and zingers over the relative merits of their states in a Fox News debate that was nothing if not entertaining.

California and 32 other states are suing Instagram’s parent company, Meta, saying that their apps are damaging to children. Is there evidence for those claims? Here’s why social media is under attack.