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California State Prison, SolanoManFreeAfter31Years, theGrio.com
April 28, 2023
Ricky Godfrey has been released from a California prison after a witnesses in his 1993 trial recanted or amended their…
April 22, 2023
Glass and Rayford were 17 and 18, respectively, when they were arrested after a shooting in Lancaster, north of Los…
April 22, 2023
Brian Gaherty, 60, is charged with several criminal counts of making threats in interstate communications and against a U.S. official.
April 21, 2023
Elder joins a Republican field that includes former President Donald Trump and former governors Nikki Haley and Asa Hutchinson.
April 19, 2023
Local California residents in the Central Valley are facing a new challenge in rising groundwater and are looking for ways…
April 19, 2023
Palm Springs’ city council is reckoning with those actions, voting in 2021 to issue a formal apology to former residents…
April 16, 2023
Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday urged Americans to take action during “a critical point in our nation’s history."
April 15, 2023
Mo'Nique sued for breach-of-contract in a Los Angeles court, alleging the companies depressed the show’s profitability to “retain millions."
Newsom Black woman Senate
April 14, 2023
In 2021, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he'd pick a Black woman to fill a Senate seat. Activists and other…
April 13, 2023
The California Legislature is weighing a proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom to set aside $300 million for low-income schools, but…
Black kidney transplant
April 11, 2023
Research shows that Blacks are significantly less likely than whites to be given a kidney or be put on the…
California police racist
April 10, 2023
The names of 17 Antioch police officers accused of sending racist texts have been made public amid a federal investigation.
California Ebony Alerts, Sen. Steven Bradford
April 9, 2023
The new bill is aimed at alerting the public about missing Black women and children whose cases are disproportionately underreported.
April 4, 2023
Owen Diaz is slated to receive $3 million in damages in a Tesla racial discrimination lawsuit that has been ongoing…
April 1, 2023
Former Democratic City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas was found guilty of seven felonies, including conspiracy, bribery and fraud.
March 30, 2023
Prosecutors charged seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse with involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in connection with the 2020 death…
March 26, 2023
After a three-day strike shut down the nation's second-largest school system, bus drivers and other support staff get pay raise…
March 24, 2023
The database includes information on each officer including name, ethnicity, rank, date of hire, badge number and division or bureau.
Stanford sexual assault case
March 17, 2023
A Stanford University employee faces charges of perjury after authorities claim she lied about being raped by a Black male…
March 16, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco supervisors have backed the idea of paying reparations to Black people, but whether members…