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Extreme Heat Is a Death Sentence in California Prisons
(WIB) – In 2015, Adrienne Boulware was sentenced to 15 years to life in California state prison in connection to the 2011 death of a man in Sacramento. But over the weekend, as temperatures hit 110 in the Central Valley town of Chowchilla, where Boulware was imprisoned at the Central California Women’s Facility, prisoner advocates and her family say she died due the heat nine years into her sentence.
With an unexpected bundle of cash, father and son build a new music legacy
A manila envelope stuffed with $100 bills passed quietly in a Denny’s parking lot isn’t the usual way that new music commissions get funded. But Adam Tendler has never been particularly concerned with concert hall niceties. The Grammy-nominated pianist made his Bay Area debut at Oakland’s Piedmont Piano...
3 South Bay business owners to be sentenced in separate workers' comp fraud cases
Three people will be sentenced after pleading guilty in two separate workers compensation fraud cases, the Santa Clara District Attorney's Office announced Monday. Both cases involve business owners failing to properly maintain mandatory workers compensation insurance, which covers business should employees suffer an on-the-job injury. Mark Anthony Ramos, the owner of two companies providing pediatric therapy in the Bay Area, will receive three years in federal prison, the DA's office said. However, his sentence will be suspended to six months in county jail upon paying restitution. Edgar Cabrales Sr. and Edgar Cabrales Jr. will be sentenced to a decade of...
Dangerous Crime! Gavin Newsom Backed by Big-Spending Prison Union: Dominant Force or Under Threat?
WFCN – The president of one of the biggest and most influential unions in California declared in a newsletter one year after assuming the position that he aspired to be “the 800 pound gorilla” in Sacramento politics. Since then, in a manner it had never done before,...
Italian house arrest approved for Bay Area man convicted in Rome officer death
An Italian court has approved house arrest for a Marin County man convicted in the killing of an Italian police officer.The home detention was approved for 23-year-old Gabriel Natale-Hjorth. The court had reduced his crime to what amounts to negligence in the death of a police officer in Rome in July 2019. Then, his attorneys argued that he should be allowed to serve the rest of his 11-year sentence at his grandmother's home near Rome. On Monday, a judge agreed.WATCH: California college students accused of killing police officer - '32 Seconds: A Deadly Night in Rome'ABC7 I-Team's Dan Noyes reveals...
California awards $2 million to cannabis restoration projects
(FOX40.COM) — The California Department of Fish and Wildlife recently announced an award of over $2M to be divided between three cannabis restoration projects. • Video Above: How much money do states make on marijuana sales? The awards come amid fish and wildlife within the state being “severely impacted by illicit cannabis cultivation practices including […]
Real California Cheeses Bring Home 31 Awards at American Cheese Society Meeting
Cow’s milk cheese and dairy processors that use the Real California Milk seal brought home 31 awards during the 2024 annual cheese competition held by the American Cheese Society (ACS) in Buffalo, New York. The American Cheese Society recognizes the finest cheeses and dairy products made in the Americas....
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