"This was not protest. This was anarchy," Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said in a statement. "You want to challenge me, challenge me at City Hall. Challenge me in the community. Challenge me at the ballot box."
For the record:
9:00 AM, Feb. 09, 2021The Loma Prieta earthquake was in 1989, not 1984.
Fifty years ago this morning, millions of people were violently jolted awake just after 6 a.m.
For 12 savage seconds, the ground shook. Overpass bridges tumbled into freeway lanes. Hospitals crumbled. The San Gabriel Mountains lurched several feet south. It was a shock and terror so immense that not all victims were felled by physical destruction eight of the 64 deaths attributed to Sylmar earthquake were caused by heart attacks. Parts of the northeast San Fernando Valley resembled a war zone.
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The first quake was over before the clock hit 6:01 on Feb. 9, 1971, though the aftershocks would continue for years to come.
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Criminal justice reformers nationwide rejoiced when L.A. County voters chose George Gascón to lead the nation’s largest prosecutor’s office, celebrating a big win in a years-long campaign to replace traditional law-and-order district attorneys with ones intent on change.
And just hours after being sworn in, Gascón delivered to his backers: He announced a slew of policy directives that barred prosecutors from seeking the death penalty, trying juveniles as adults, attending parole hearings or filing most sentencing enhancements that can increase a defendants’ prison term.
Nearly as quickly, the news instigated a brawl among California’s public prosecutors, with the organization representing 57 out of the state’s 58 district attorneys questioning both the legality and wisdom of Gascón’s mandates. Now, many of the state’s old guard of district attorneys are openly sparring with reformer colleagues in a power struggle that could shape criminal justice in Califor
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Criminal justice reformers nationwide rejoiced when L.A. County voters chose George Gascón to lead the nation’s largest prosecutor’s office, celebrating a big win in a years-long campaign to replace traditional law-and-order district attorneys with ones intent on change.
And just hours after being sworn in, Gascón delivered to his backers: He announced a slew of policy directives that barred prosecutors from seeking the death penalty, trying juveniles as adults, attending parole hearings or filing most sentencing enhancements that can increase a defendants’ prison term.
Nearly as quickly, the news instigated a brawl among California’s public prosecutors, with the organization representing 57 out of the state’s 58 district attorneys questioning both the legality and wisdom of Gascón’s mandates. Now, many of the state’s old guard of district attorneys are openly sparring with reformer colleagues in a power struggle that could shape criminal justice in Califor
By Jensen Rader, iHeartMedia
Feb 5, 2021
Homeless advocates have launched a campaign to recall Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg after they say six un-housed people died during a major storm last week. KFBK s Afternoon News took a look into what that movement looks like. KFBK s Mike Blount investigates: