Technology
Justice Department files landmark antitrust case against Google
The Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google has been abusing its dominance in online search and advertising.
California
After year of civil unrest, Measure J asks voters to approve criminal justice reforms
The measure would require that 10% of county funds be spent on social services such as housing and jail diversion programs. The county would be prohibited from using the money on prisons, jails or law enforcement agencies.
Judge orders U.S. Postal Service to boost service amid concerns that late mail ballots won’t be counted
Strict ballot deadlines and the unreliable performance of the Postal Service could disenfranchise thousands of voters
World & Nation
Hiring, flags, even slavery: Racial justice features in state ballot measures across U.S.
The Black Lives Matter movement isn’t named in any of the 120 statewide ballot measures up for a vote Nov. 3, but its influence is felt in several.
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.
Column: Trump inspired them to become U.S. citizens and to vote. Against him
Xenophobic rhetoric and legislation from the Republican Party has pushed millions of Latinos — like Rafael and Carmela Serrano — to vote Democrat.
Sarge, the Pomona Police Department’s top dog, heads into retirement
The Pomona Police Department has announced the retirement of K-9 Officer Sarge, a 7-year-old Belgian Malinois. Sarge will live with his trainer, Cpl. Joe Hernandez.
When Americans go missing in Mexico, U.S. officials have to tell loved ones, ‘Go to Mexico’
324 U.S. citizens have vanished in Mexico since 2006. “We tell people ... if you think your loved one is in Mexico, go to Mexico,” a law enforcement official says.
Judge urges U.S. to help find parents deported without kids
A federal judge is urging the Trump administration to do more to help court-appointed researchers find hundreds of parents who are still separated from their children three years after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border.
Opinion
Opinion: California wants criminal justice reform, but keeps electing conservative prosecutors
District attorneys are elected one to a county, so the power of conservative politics and rural outlooks continues to hold inordinate sway in Sacramento.