Menlo Park dad first parent to avoid prison in college scandal
Sentences for other parents who pleaded guilty ranged from two weeks to five months in prison.
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College admissions scandal: Five months in prison for Napa winemaker
As a Napa winemaker awaited sentencing Friday in the national college admissions cheating scandal, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills aimed at making it harder for the rich to buy...
How California’s ‘red flag’ law thwarted gun threats
In California, gun violence restraining orders have been used to at least temporarily disarm angry employees, abusive lovers, the delusional and suicidal.
College Board modifies controversial SAT ‘adversity score’ after criticism
College Board CEO David Coleman said "we listened to thoughtful criticism."
Are background checks, assault weapons, red flags factors in mass shootings?
Would universal background checks, red flag laws and an ban of assault weapons reduce mass shootings?
Has California's 'red flag' law help reduce mass shootings?
The UC Davis study examined 21 cases in which gun violence restraining orders were obtained through the courts because of potential mass shooting threats.
Why have spending and tuition grown so much faster at the University of California?
A Bay Area News Group analysis found overall spending at the Golden State's coveted university system grew significantly faster than it did in Texas over the last decade, even though...
Should California force priests to report child-molestation confessions?
The law has long treated confession of sin to a priest as sacred. Even clergy who hear a fellow priest’s confession to sexually abusing a child generally can’t be compelled...
Will ‘American Taliban’ John Walker Lindh return to Northern California?
This week, a generation after 9/11, the “American Taliban” will be a free man.
Here’s what’s new in California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s state budget
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday his revised state budget plan prioritizes shoring up California’s reserve funds, paying down pension debt and devoting new spending on housing, health care, early childhood...