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The sheriff expects to invest almost $500 million over the next decade to renovate or replace county lockups, a new report says

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department has agreed to adopt measures aimed at mitigating the risk of COVID-19 in jails, following a settlement approved Friday.

The deal announced Friday comes 10 days after Sheriff Kelly Martinez agreed to improve conditions for disabled people in her department's custody

Readers discuss calls for stronger ethics guidelines for the justices and less partisanship.

The ACLU alleged the district violated the public's right to speak during a board meeting in March. The district said it commits to complying with the law.

Preliminary injunction is rejected but case moves toward July trial

Lawyers on both sides debate injunction at Friday hearing; final ruling expected soon

Whoopi Goldberg's apologies raised more questions about her views on race, antisemitism and the Holocaust.

Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of ABC’s “The View,” set off a firestorm when she insisted on Jan 31, that the Holocaust was “not about race.” Hands outstretched, she went on to describe the genocide as a conflict between “two white groups of people.”&#...

U.S. District Court complaint, which seeks class action status, is the second demand for outside intervention in as many weeks