State authorities said this week that they were still finalizing a re-inspection of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey. A judge is waiting on those results before deciding whether the county will be ...

Reforming the juvenile justice system continues to dominate discussions at the State House. State lawmakers are currently considering a bill that would sharply reduce the number of crimes for which a ...

A state board found last year that the county repeatedly failed to meet minimum staffing requirements at the facility.

TODAY, THEY HOSTED ITS JUVENILE JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING CHALLENGES WITH YOUNG OFFENDERS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S WAVERLE MONROE REPORTS. WHY ARE WE LETTING ...

A former Riverside County probation officer was arrested Friday on suspicion of a sexual relationship with a juvenile inmate. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release ...

THE CAUCUS IS REINTRODUCING BILLS TO CHANGE JUVENILE JUSTICE LAWS. THE ACT WOULD END THE PRACTICE OF AUTOMATICALLY CHARGING YOUTH AS ADULTS. SOME OF THE MORE VIOLENT OFFENSES WILL BE LEFT OUT.

On Monday, Democrats in the state Assembly passed a bill sending an additional $25 million to the state Department of Justice ... of Palo Alto said he expected California to see a significant ...

Most recently Judge Blomquist ended probation after just one year for a repeat juvenile sex offender, allowing the teenage rapist to return to school in-person. “Parents are saying what the hell?” ...

The Palos Verdes Peninsula is known for its frequent landslides. A coastal community in Southern California is shifting downslope -- and closer to the Pacific Ocean -- at a rapid rate, according ...

An atmospheric river brought heavy rain, serious mountain snow and strong winds to California that flooded roads and rivers and triggered landslides, with at least two storm-related deaths ...

(KMPH) — On Friday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened two dams in Tulare County, releasing large amounts of water into river channels flowing toward farmlands in California's San Joaquin ...

Citing what it calls a potentially “dire situation,” State Farm on Monday asked California for permission to hike insurance rates by an average of 22%. In the wake of the Los Angeles-area ...