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On January 13, 2012, San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi was arrested and charged with three misdemeanor violations including domestic violence battery on his wife. Mirkarimi pled not guilty and is currently set to stand trial on February 24, 2012. As part of the arraignment process, the Judge ordered Mirkarimi to stay away from his family and to surrender...

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Bay City News Service – Posted: 02/17/2012 06:16:29 AM PST More than four months after California transferred responsibility for low-level offenders to counties, law enforcement officials in Contra Costa County are seeing far more inmates than ... Original post: California – Contra Costa feeling impact from state prison shift

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Tusayan, Ariz., a town of only 600 residents near the Grand Canyon, is considering a plan for a massive development of hotels, stores and other amenities. See more here: Tusayan, Ariz., Weighs Huge Development

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 Note: You must log in to view this streaming self-study video program. brightcove.createExperiences(); 2012 Realignment Update Panel Presentation Panel Members: Realignment Update & Perspective: What’s ... The rest is here: California 2012 New Statutes – Realignment / AB 109 Update & Perspectives – What’s Happening Around The State and On Appeal...

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Fox News – By Catherine Herridge – Published February 16, 2012 The FBI is getting in on the law enforcement app game on the heels of a controversial data mining project by the Homeland Security Department. Documents ... Here is the original post: FBI seeks developers for app to track suspicious social media posts, sparking privacy concerns

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HRWatchdog blogged a couple of days ago that employers keep running into social media trouble. Perhaps the single biggest trouble spot is disciplinary actions.... Read more here: Updated CalChamber Social Media White Paper

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Armed groups from Chad and Sudan blamed for unprecedented killing in Bouba Ndjida national park, fuelled by demand for ivory Continued here: Poachers slaughter 200 elephants in Cameroon national park in six weeks

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Canadian researchers have trained sea lions to take part in an experiment designed to find out why the species is dying out. See the article here: Sea lion test to probe declines

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. marine scientists on Florida's Atlantic Coast say they're using corals grown in an onshore nursery to help restore a damaged reef. See the original post here: Transplants offer hope to damaged reef

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BUENOS AIRES, Feb 17, 2012 (IPS) - Lower water levels and increasing pressure from overfishing in the Paraná river are causing an unprecedented decline in fish stocks in the river that is regarded as the second most biodiverse in South America after the Amazon river. Go here to read the rest: Paraná River Not What It Used to...