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
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
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