By Elizabeth Marie Himchak – Pomerado News – September 16, 2011 There will be additional burden on county jails once less-dangerous criminals are sent there instead of state prisons, says San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis. The prison realignment through Assembly Bill 109 that was signed by the governor in April to relieve overcrowded prisons starting Oct....
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Note: You must log in with your CLARAWEB.US User Name and password to view this program. You can click on the little box on the lower right above to expand the screen and press your ESC key to reduce the size back to normal. Defending High & Not So High Profile Cases: A Practical Approach Robert Sanger, Attorney at...
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Last Week to Register! (For those who have already registered, a final agenda is attached.) CAP’S SEVENTH Annual Capital Appellate Training Monday, September 26, 2011 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. At the Milton Marks Conference Center – 455 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco (In the California Supreme Court building). Registration is free, and MCLE credit will be available,...
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CalChamber has updated its National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) Poster Questions and Answers Document. Read more: Updated Questions and Answers - NLRA Poster Requirement
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BY MATT FOUNTAIN - New Times – September 14, 2011 In 1925, the landmark Scopes “Monkey” trial turned a small Tennessee hamlet upside down in a battle between the theories of creation and evolution. Not wholly unlike that highly publicized trial, which would alter the court of public opinion over evolution, a recent trial concluded in San Luis Obispo...
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BY CATHERINE BOWEN / THE REPORTER - Posted: 09/16/2011 07:39:42 AM PDT With many counties left scrambling to ready themselves for the implementation of an Assembly bill that will send hundreds of prison inmates into California communities, Solano County was commended Thursday for its trailblazing stance to meet these changes head-on. When the topic of reentry facilities came up...
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On August 2, 2011, San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi (who represents District 5) introduced an ordinance that would amend two existing sections of the San Francisco Police Code by adding "findings" to those two San Francisco ordinances, one requiring a handgun to be kept in a locked container or disabled with a trigger lock, and the other prohibiting...
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Washington Hunters Must Speak Now! Read the original: Washington Hunters Must Speak Now!
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A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology is using the Aquarius underwater laboratory off the coast of Florida to study how the diversity of seaweed-eating fish affects endangered coral reefs. Read the rest here: Study in underwater laboratory may help manage seaweed-eating fish that protect coral
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida has more invasive amphibians and reptiles than anywhere else in the world, and the pet trade is the number one cause, researchers said in a report released Thursday. Read the rest here: Fla. has worst invasive reptile, amphibian problem
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