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A Nevada County judge ruled last week that Rob Tribble is not qualified to be the next auditor-controller of Nevada County.

A few years ago, I happened to be in Dublin, Ireland during Thanksgiving week.  Because Thanksgiving is not a traditional Irish holiday, I was surprised to seen that "Black Friday"...

A report issued by a law firm the city hired to investigate election complaints last week found that city council candidate Joe Garcia should not have used a photo of himself in an Escondido police uniform on his campaign website or on flyers and door hangers distributed by his campaign. It says that in doing

The City of Sebastopol has been tasked with searching/recruitment for a Mayors & Council Members Association of Sonoma County Clerk.

California court rules on whether his rights were violated if investigation wasn't completed within one-year period

A Simi planning commissioner will be a listing agent for a development he voted for three years ago. Some say that may violate city ethics code.

“Too many crimes, too much punishment”[1] has been a recurrent problem in our criminal justice system.[2] That concern gave rise to a canon of statutory construction known as the Rule of Lenity, which has evolved to ensure that criminal laws, if objectively ambiguous, are read in favor of the defendant and against the government. So wrote William Blackstone in 1765: “[P]enal statutes must be construed strictly.”[3]

Southern California’s Orange County Health Department this month declared a local health emergency over concerns around the rising number of pediatric cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). [...]

Ex-drama teacher accused of sexual contact with students

Councilmember Joe Garcia improperly used picture in campaign materials, outside counsel concludes