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The ad pulls quotes from a Sacramento Bee Editorial Board article criticizing Hicks for declining to release the investigative report into his predecessor, California Democratic Party Chair Eric Bauman, who resigned after sexual misconduct allegations. The Hicks campaign alleges the ad is defamatory and the cease-and-desist letter threatened legal action if the stations do not take it off the air.

FREE SPEECHLots of journalists got their start as students, but whether or not student journalists go on to pursue it as a career, there is a lot of power and

In a six-page complaint, journalist Art Castañares — through attorney Cory Briggs — wants a judge to order the sheriff and County of San Diego to cough up the photos.

Only a handful of records released under state law are posted in the city archive — a process one open-records advocate calls 'extremely important'

The police transparency law, SB 1421, no matter how groundbreaking, was limited to begin with. And now, five years later, is revealing weaknesses as several agencies are finding ways to keep many of the records from the public purview.

The police transparency law, SB 1421, no matter how groundbreaking, was limited to begin with. And now, five years later, is revealing weaknesses as several agencies are finding ways to keep many of the records from the public purview.

The latest education news updates from EdSource.

Opinion of The Bee Editorial Board: Put the budget-motion process before the public.

Our government shouldn’t be spying on journalists. Nor should law enforcement agencies force journalists to identify their confidential sources or go to prison. To fix this, we need to change the law. Now, we’ve got our best chance in years. The House of Representatives has passed the Protect...

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives has passed a bill to strengthen journalists’ protection of confidential sources from federal investigation.