Jessica Garrison
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Jessica Garrison is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. She covered Northern California and had previously written about Los Angeles City Hall, courts, education and the environment. As a reporter, her work has won a National Magazine Award for Public Service, among other honors. Work she has edited has won a George Polk Award and was a finalist for a Goldsmith Prize. Her book, “The Devil’s Harvest,” told the story of a contract killer who stalked Central Valley farm towns for years while authorities failed to bring him to justice. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley.
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California’s DMV said some legal immigrants had been issued Real IDs that did not expire at the same time as their authorization to remain in the country.
More than a third of California’s 77 county fairs have been plagued by an array of problems in the last decade.
In the last decade, some 26 local fairs statewide have seen employees or appointed officials accused of siphoning taxpayer money, pressuring businesses for bribes and other misdeeds.
In an act that left this gritty San Joaquin Valley city in a state of numb fear, a gunman or gunmen had crashed their child’s birthday party Saturday night. On Sunday, the family confronted a scene of horror when they returned.
Four people are dead and 11 are injured after a shooting in a banquet hall in Stockton on Saturday night.
Glenn Medical Center in Willows closed Oct. 21 after losing ‘critical access’ status. Many other California hospitals face the threat of a similar fate.
As California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta ponders a run for governor next year, he is being scrutinized for his spending on attorney’s fees about a federal investigation.