Anita Chabria

California law enforcement is in the midst of a culture war, as experts inside and outside the system question a commonly used police interrogation method that they say can lead to false confessions and wrongful convictions.

Lombardo Palacios and Charlotte Pleytez were convicted of a 2007 gang-related murder. They maintained their innocence, and on Friday, L.A. County’s new D.A. agreed with his more liberal predecessor that they should be freed.

In my last newsletter of the year, I’m offering up three good-news stories to take us into the holidays.

Forty years ago, Michael Anthony Cox was convicted of the murders of three girls in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Years later, the two main witnesses at his trial, also teenagers, recanted, saying police had pressured them into false stories. So why is Cox still on death row?

Texas is suing a New York doctor for providing abortion medications to one of its residents. It marks a new front in the war over access to reproductive care, one that California will soon be dragged into.

Austin Tice was kidnapped in Syria 12 years ago. His family has waited with hope and anxiety as the fall of Syria’s ruler has opened a window for his return.

Trump has promised that ‘we’re not touching’ Social Security benefits, but will he keep that promise? Does he even want to?

In an interview, California’s first partner speaks on the intersection of women’s health and safety, how that will look in Trump’s second term, and leading in an uncertain time.

Since the election, Trump’s percentage of the national vote has been dropping. Turns out his victory was slim, not a landslide.

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