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Republican governor candidate spends $4.4 million

Don Thompson · August 1, 2014 12:52 am

In this Thursday, July 24, 2014 photo, an inmate sits by a window at the mental health unit at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Stockton Health Facility in Stockton, Calif. The California Association of Psychiatric Technicians union says that employees at the facility were instructed to routinely falsify suicide watch records, endangering inmates and violating standards imposed in response to federal court orders. The union claims inadequate staffing is prompting shortcuts that circumvent requirements meant to protect inmates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Union: California prison staff told to fake checks

Don Thompson · July 31, 2014 11:22 pm

California reduces deportations for minor crimes

Don Thompson · July 22, 2014 12:58 am

FILE -- In this June 25, 2013 file photo Correctional Officer Stella Miles stands in one of the secure inmate-patient housing units of the new California Correctional Health Care Facility in Stockton, Calif. A federal court-appointed official who controls medical prison care announced Monday, July 21, 2014 that the facility can once again receive sick inmates. The $839 million prison medical complex was closed to new admissions earlier this year amid staffing, supply and other problems at the site intended to help end years of federal court oversight.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,file)

Official: State can send inmates to medical site

Don Thompson · July 21, 2014 11:49 pm

AP Exclusive: Wildfire citations applied unevenly

Don Thompson · July 19, 2014 8:02 pm

A sign alerts visitors to water conservation efforts at the state Capitol, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Sacramento, Calif. State water regulators are considering fines up to $500 for excessive water use for things like irrigating lawns and car washing due to the state's severe drought. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Energy and Environment

California board considers fines for wasting water

Don Thompson · July 9, 2014 7:30 am

California board considers fines for water wasters

Don Thompson · July 9, 2014 3:55 am

State Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, discusses an Assembly measure to give a tax credit to an aerospace contractor, that was before his committee at Thursday, July 3, 2014, in Sacramento, Calif. The bill, AB2389, by Assemblyman Steve Fox, D-Palmdale, was approved by the committee and was late passed by both houses of the Legislature and sent to the governor.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California lawmakers OK stealth bomber tax break

Don Thompson · July 3, 2014 11:05 pm

Prison officials seek delay of inmate deadline

Don Thompson · June 30, 2014 4:31 pm

In this photo taken Thursday, June 5, 2014, "sweepstakes games" are displayed on a computer screen as patrons wait to be questioned by a Sacramento County deputy sheriff during a code enforcement raid on the Silk and Stars in Sacramento, Calif. The operators of the Silk and Stars say they provide patrons with computers and Internet access, including computerized versions of what they call "sweepstakes games." But law enforcement considers it to be illegal gambling. The rise of the so-called Internet sweepstakes cafes has prompted Assemblyman Rudy Salas, D-Bakersfield, to introduced AB1439 that would prohibit businesses whose customers use video monitors that simulate those found in casinos or play gambling-themed games in exchange for cash or prizes.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California cracks down on ‘sweepstakes cafes’

Don Thompson · June 28, 2014 7:29 pm

California cracks down on ‘sweepstakes cafes’

Don Thompson · June 28, 2014 2:01 pm

Lawmaker modifies sex-assault bill targeting teens

Don Thompson · June 24, 2014 8:00 pm