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Diane Byrne, Cheryl Holsonbake, and Jane Parrent are the mothers of the so-called Bakersfield Three — two deceased young men and a missing young woman whose cases are believed to be connected by family members and crime sleuths.

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Read more about Three Women at the Center of One of Kern’s Biggest Crime Mysteries Are Lobbying for More Public Safety Funds

It’s Time to Rethink the Conventional Wisdom About Body Cameras

06/17/2019 - 10:18 PM By Brittany M.

They’re wonderful tools, but they don’t necessarily produce the results we thought they would.

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Should California Be Worried About Volcanoes? Yes, Says a New USGS Report.

06/05/2019 - 8:40 PM By Brittany M.

Consider this a wake-up call.

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Pedestrian Deaths Are On the Rise, But California is Seeing Improvements

05/29/2019 - 8:38 PM By Brittany M.

Pedestrian deaths are on the rise nationally and statewide, with California and four other states accounting for half of the 6,227 pedestrian fatalities that occurred last year.

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Fresno’s “Safe Exchange Zones” Take the Fear Out of Buying and Selling Online

05/22/2019 - 10:21 PM By Brittany M.

What a great idea!

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Contract Cities Express Concern Over New LASD Leadership

05/15/2019 - 6:35 PM By Brittany M.

Controversial decisions by Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva are now catching the attention of cities that contract with the LASD for policing services.

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Sacramento’s Pot Czar Has a Crucial Warning for Marijuana Businesses

01/30/2019 - 10:38 PM By Brittany M.

In light of a string of burglaries, Devlin has urged businesses to vary their schedules and operations, making themselves as “unpredictable” as possible to would-be thieves.

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Buildings That House Thousands of People Could Collapse in a Major Earthquake. What Are Cities and Counties Doing to Prepare?

01/21/2019 - 7:26 AM By Brittany M.

If they’ve told us once, they’ve told us a million times. The Big One is coming. Are our municipalities doing enough to get prepared?

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Violent Crime Drops in Some Major California Cities

01/07/2019 - 10:50 AM By Brittany M.

New figures show a decrease in violent crime in 2018 in the cities of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Oakland.

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