Articles by Nigel Duara

October 2024

She Lost Her Job After Talking With State Auditors. She Just Won $8.7 Million in Whistleblower Case

August 2024

1 in 6 CHP Jobs Are Vacant — Despite Historic Raises and Newsom’s Hiring Campaign

What 9 Cases From Kamala Harris’ Past Say About Her Record as a California Prosecutor

January 2024

Friendlier Prison Guards? Why Gavin Newsom’s Advisers Want Them at San Quentin

December 2023

California New Laws for 2024: Tougher Penalties for Child Trafficking

Will Tougher Fentanyl Penalties Ease Overdoses Crisis? New California Law Targets Dealers

November 2023

CHP Officers Get Biggest Raise in 20 Years — It’s Almost Double What Newsom Gave Other Unions

August 2023

California Police Body Camera Footage Can’t Take the Place of Witness Testimony, Court Rules

Record Numbers of People Have Died in California Jails. Now Lawmakers Could Crack Down

July 2023

California Employers Have No Duty to Protect Workers’ Families From COVID, Court Rules

May 2023

Families of Men Shot by California Cops Lose Faith in New Accountability Law as Reviews Drag On

April 2023

A California Law Forced Police to Release Shooting Footage. Now Videos Follow the Same Script

March 2023

He’s Filed More Than 2,000 Disability Lawsuits in California. This Case Could Set Precedent

January 2023

State Justice Department Hasn’t Probed — or Even Logged — All Police Shootings of Possibly Unarmed People

December 2022

‘Catastrophic Staffing Shortage’ Hits California’s Rural Police First, and Hardest

A Top Prison Expert on the California ‘Disaster’ and How to Salvage It

September 2022

‘Mandela’ Bill Would Limit Solitary Confinement in California Prisons and Jails

Rap Lyrics on Trial: Bill Would Limit Prosecutors’ Use of Words and Music as Evidence

August 2022

‘A Perfect Storm of Bad’: Report Finds Incarceration Rates Highest Among Rural Californians

Bounty Hunting: Foes of Guns and Abortion Resurrect an Old Idea

July 2022

Drug Courts Face Choice: Close or Expand Access After Prop. 47 Fallout

June 2022

Prison Rehab: Can California Learn Anything From Norway?

Attorney General Candidates Divided on New Police Shootings Law

May 2022

Bill Would Allow Lawsuits for Marketing Guns to Kids

Sex Abuse Suits Pouring in as State’s Catholic Leaders Seek Relief From Highest Court

Bill Would Put Homeless Courts Where the Unhoused Live

April 2022

Stillbirths and the Law: Bill Would End Coroner Investigations of Lost Pregnancies

From Scandal to Scrutiny: How Intense Citizen Oversight Reshaped Oakland Police

February 2022

Meth, a Mother, and a Stillbirth: Imprisoned Mom Wants Her ‘Manslaughter’ Case Reopened

California Crime Story: The Numbers, Explained

December 2021

‘Devil on the Loose’: What’s Behind Kern County’s Soaring Homicide Rate?

June 2021

Los Angeles, Sacramento Announce Reparations Coalition on Juneteenth

Is California Still Facing an Eviction Tsunami When the Moratorium Ends?

April 2021

More Than 2 Million Missing Stimulus Checks

March 2021

How Did $2.7 Billion in Housing Bonds Disappear?

January 2021

California Extends Eviction Moratorium Through June

November 2020

As Pandemic Aid Ends, California Families Will Face Brutal New Year

June 2020

Newsom Seeks Statewide Reform of Police Use of Force

May 2020

Are California Businesses Getting a Fair Share of Coronavirus Loans?

April 2020

Like a Petri Dish for the Virus: Tens of Thousands of California Inmates Are at Risk

March 2020

What You Need to Know About California’s Lockdown of Seniors and the Chronically Ill