Beyond Zodiac: A 360 video tour of the Bay Area crime scenes
bySAN FRANCISCO — Fifty years ago, a murderer caused panic and hysteria in the San Francisco Bay Area. Revisit the sites where confirmed attacks took place.
Crime
Santa Clara County program connects the formerly incarcerated with primary healthcare
bySAN JOSE — A clinic aims to provide primary care, psychiatric care, and referral services to the homeless and formerly incarcerated in Santa Clara County.
From prisoner to programmer: One man turns 28-year sentence into a learning opportunity
byReporter Chisom Oraedu shares the story of a formerly incarcerated man who is changing the course of his life by learning coding skills and launching a new career.
Where do our guns go?
byThe U.S. sold more weapons to Saudi Arabia than any other country in the world from 2012 to 2016.
Anti-Muslim hate crimes in California:
What the data doesn’t tell us
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Data that tracks anti-Muslim hate crimes is spotty, making it difficulty to accurately quantify the full scale of these crimes across California and the nation.
California and capital punishment: Why this blue state keeps voting for the death penalty
byAlthough favor for capital punishment in the U.S. generally aligns with those on the political right, California has now broken from leftist death penalty propositions twice since the death penalty was reinstated in 1978.
Building up East Palo Alto
with the David Lewis Re-entry Program
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José Cabrera draws upon on his own tumultuous past with the law to lead East Palo Alto youth towards a bright future and help locals recently on parole and probation brighten theirs.
Police, social workers team up for psychiatric emergencies in San Mateo County
byThe psychiatric emergency response team — known as PERT — consists of a sheriff and a social worker, working together to help a mentally ill individual, who has come to the attention of law enforcement.
Proposition 57 could give hundreds of California youth another chance to be tried in juvenile court
byIn Santa Clara County, the District Attorney’s Office decided that the new law should apply retroactively to cases that are currently being direct filed.
Palo Alto police selected to be the pilot agency for new mental health program
bySanta Clara County is launching a new mental health initiative that will bring together the county’s police officers along with licensed clinicians to handle any cases where people are in mental health crises.
In Redwood City’s Citizens Academy, civilians get new perspective on police
byWith law enforcement agencies nationwide facing growing scrutiny over accountability and treatment of civilians, Redwood City and several other Bay Area departments have offered a Citizens Police Academy as one way to bridge the gap between officers and residents.
San Jose school district tries to improve student-campus police relations
byEarlier this fall, the East Side Union High School District in San Jose said it is exploring ways to reduce tensions and build positive relationships between students and police officers on campus.