Don Thompson

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State agencies at odds over counting new crimes

Don Thompson · October 16, 2014 7:10 pm

New Senate leader to be feted at Disney hall party

Don Thompson · October 14, 2014 8:05 pm

California audit calls for better use of rape kits

Don Thompson · October 10, 2014 12:44 am

FILE -- In this March 25, 2014 photo, Michael Atinsky, right, leads a discussion group for inmates at the new 192-bed facility at the Stanislaus County Jail in Modesto, Calif. In an effort to save money on state prison spending, shoplifting, forgery, fraud and petty theft and other lower-level offenses will be treated as misdemeanors if Proposition 47 is approved by voters in November.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

Proposition 47 lowers penalties for some crimes

Don Thompson · October 4, 2014 10:13 pm

FILE - In this March 8, 2014, file photo, California Attorney General Kamala Harris speaks during a general session at the California Democrats State Convention in Los Angeles. Harris is being challenged for reelection in the November election by attorney Ron Gold, a Republican.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Marijuana an issue in state attorney general race

Don Thompson · October 4, 2014 9:23 pm

Discrimination award against prison system upheld

Don Thompson · October 3, 2014 8:47 pm

Attorney general says crime down across California

Don Thompson · October 2, 2014 9:32 pm

FILE - In this June 27, 2012 file photo, pedestrians cross a street near the Bank of Stockton in Stockton, Calif. A federal judge could rule Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, on a bankruptcy exit plan for Stockton, an inland port city in California that in 2012 became the largest city in the U.S. to file for Chapter 9 protection before Detroit filed last year. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein has scheduled a hearing in Sacramento in a trial that has lasted more than four months. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka, File)

Ruling lets bankrupt city cut pension benefits

Don Thompson · October 2, 2014 1:28 pm

FILE - In this June 27, 2012 file photo, pedestrians cross a street near the Bank of Stockton in Stockton, Calif. A federal judge could rule Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, on a bankruptcy exit plan for Stockton, an inland port city in California that in 2012 became the largest city in the U.S. to file for Chapter 9 protection before Detroit filed last year. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein has scheduled a hearing in Sacramento in a trial that has lasted more than four months. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka, File)

Judge: Stockton must treat pension like other debt

Don Thompson · October 2, 2014 1:11 am

Governor splits on bills aiming to reduce truancy

Don Thompson · September 30, 2014 10:53 pm

Bill allows families to seek gun restraining order

Don Thompson · September 30, 2014 2:17 pm

California exhausts initial firefighting budget

Don Thompson · September 30, 2014 12:36 am