[ad_1] This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. Election Day is Tuesday, and in localities and states across the country, criminal justice is on the ballot. This week, we’re bringing you a roundup of […]
Catalina Island, California – I chickened out; But somehow g…
[ad_1] My wife and I were on California’s Catalina Island in late spring of this year, checking out a place I used to be able to see from my dormitory window during my college days but had never been to. We’d had a delightful time checking out the sleepy waterfront town of Avalon on foot […]
California Bans Legacy Admissions At Private Colleges
[ad_1] California Governor Gavin Newsom signed three college admissions-related bills into law, all with a focus on making California a leader in improving equity in higher education. The legislative package, collectively known as the “Equity Three,” is designed to increase access and opportunity for all students, regardless of background or economic status. This bold step […]
Homeless People Have Property Rights Too
[ad_1] This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. In the years Faith Kearns spent living unsheltered on Phoenix’s streets, she had all kinds of belongings taken during sweeps of the public areas where she […]
The Southern California Wildfire Paradox
[ad_1] A heat wave struck Southern California earlier this month. Soon after, large swaths of the region began to burn. All three fires, the Line Fire, the Bridge Fire, and the Airport Fire, are still going. So far, they’ve engulfed almost 200 square miles, forcing evacuations in four counties and destroying dozens of homes. Southern […]
The 6 Best Hotels in Los Angeles (Updated 2024)
[ad_1] I didn’t like Los Angeles at first. I found it too spread out and just didn’t like the vibes. I also felt there wasn’t a lot “to do” relative to a place like Paris or London or Tokyo. But, once I stopped trying to fit Los Angeles into the typical tourist mold and gave […]
How Faulty Drug Tests Can Make You Lose Custody of Your Baby
[ad_1] Susan Horton had been a stay-at-home mom for almost 20 years, and now — pregnant with her fifth child — she felt a hard-won confidence in herself as a mother. Then she ate a salad from Costco. It was her final meal before going to Kaiser Permanente hospital in Santa Rosa, in northern California, […]
Another ‘relentless’ heat wave forecast for the West
[ad_1] Another round of significant heat across California’s interior is expected to bring potentially dangerous conditions back to the state, with weather officials warning of “relentless” heat risk over the Southwest beginning this weekend. The National Weather Service warned of a mid-July heat wave building across the western United States — including the majority of […]
California’s COVID surge fueled by ‘much more infectious’ va…
[ad_1] California’s relentless FLiRT-fueled COVID surge is continuing to spawn infections at a dizzying rate, with coronavirus levels in wastewater reaching some of the highest levels seen since 2022. Wastewater readings are now higher than all but one COVID peak in the last two years, and have far surpassed those seen during the typical summertime […]
How Efforts to Cut Long Prison Sentences Have Stalled
[ad_1] This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. When a 2016 California law made it possible for Lance Gonzalez to shorten his prison sentence by completing more rehabilitation programs and education, he hit the […]