Alameda County just paid $800,000 to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit against recalled DA Pamela Price — who is now running to get her job back. The settlement follows a pattern of failures across the Bay Area's criminal justice system, from a San Francisco judge releasing the killer of 84-year-old Grandpa Vicha on probation the same day he was sentenced, to SF courts that haven't reported a single data point to the state in five years. How prosecutors, judges, and courts handle accountability has real consequences — and right now, the Bay Area is getting a crash course in what happens when they don't.
California labor law says unions can only strike after completing the impasse process. UESF skipped the steps and called a strike anyway.
The SF Latinx Democratic Club reinstated its leader after sexual assault allegations—then fled the SF Dem party when Nancy Tung called for accountability
Violent offenders are flooding a program designed for petty crimes. Public defenders call it "treatment." The numbers call it fraud.
Feb. 4 deadline looms. If qualified attorneys don't file to run, voters won't even get a choice.
Californians voted for public safety. The state legislature decided their votes don't count.
The Feb. 4 deadline to challenge soft-on-crime judges is days away—and almost no one has stepped up.
State lawmakers gutted accountability for youth crime. Now kids are shooting classmates and beating tourists.
After five years, Vicha Ratanapakdee's family learns their father's life was "negotiable." Six hours of deliberation was all it took.
Video shows Watson running full-speed into 84-year-old Vicha. He walks after 5 years. This is progressive justice.
Antoine Watson shoved an 84-year-old to his death, photographed the body, and got involuntary manslaughter. Welcome to San Francisco.