California
Vallejo approves emergency declaration to reform police department
The city of Vallejo, Calif., declared a public safety emergency that allows officials to push through reforms in its scandal-ridden police department.
Politics
U.S. Justice Department asks to defend Trump in rape accuser’s defamation lawsuit
The U.S. Justice Department is seeking to take over President Trump’s defense in a defamation lawsuit from a writer who has accused him of rape.
An art exhibit on an O.C. lawn displays signs for every failed U.S. presidential candidate
Nina Katchadourian’s “Monument to the Unelected” is a temporary installation consisting of 58 signs bearing the names of losing candidates from every U.S. presidential election. The installation is viewable on a residential lawn in Orange.
Family of homeless Black man fatally shot in San Clemente files claim against O.C. Sheriff’s Department
The family of Kurt Reinhold, a homeless Black man who was fatally shot by deputies in San Clemente, files a claim against the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, seeking “justice and transparency.”
Television
‘Aggie,’ art and social justice
Arts patron, philanthropist and social-justice activist Agnes Gund is profiled by her daughter in “Aggie.”
Newsom names first openly gay justice to the state Supreme Court
Gov.
Newsom names first openly gay justice to the California Supreme Court
Newsom names Jenkins, his judicial appointments secretary, to the court. Jenkins’ confirmation would make him the court’s first openly gay justice.
Ban on chokeholds among California criminal justice reforms
Spurred by a nationwide movement for racial justice, Gov. Newsom approved several new laws designed to increase oversight of the criminal justice system.
U.S. appeals court upholds California’s coronavirus restrictions on churches
Harvest Rock, a Pasadena-based Christian church, failed Thursday to persuade a federal appeals court to reopen churches for indoor worship.
Justice Department’s push into Trump case could prompt dismissal
Attorney General William Barr defended the Justice Department’s move to intervene in a defamation lawsuit against President Trump, but some experts were skeptical of the federal government’s effort.