By Jen Fifield One day after a Florida teenager walked into his former high school and carried out...
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How the Worst Kind of Personal Sorrow Led LA Violence Reduction Expert Aqeela Sherrills to Help Newark, NJ, Lower Its Murder Rate
Aqeela Sherrills, a former Grape Street Crip, who was one of the primary architects of the famous...
Gov. Brown, the State’s Analyst, & Youth Advocates Argue Over Raising the Age Limit for State Juvie Lock-ups
In January, California Governor Jerry Brown released a budget blueprint that included several...
In a Case of Awful Timing, Trump Administration Seeks Shutdown of New School Safety Research
by Ted Gest After the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut at the end of 2012...
Head of Nation’s Biggest Teachers’ Union Says Arming School Teachers is “Insane”
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump hosted another meeting pertaining to the frightening and...
LA County Looks at Expanding Mental Health Intervention Program That Aims to Prevent School Shootings
On Tuesday, just under two weeks after the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland...
California Hopes to Place More Probation Youth in Foster Homes Like This
Starcania Ford’s first call came not too long after she had completed two months of background...
California Supremes Say 50+ Years in Prison for Juvenile Non-Murder Crimes Is Unconstitutional
In a 4-3 decision Monday, the California Supreme Court ruled that juvenile sentences of 50 years or...
OP-ED: Colorado Has Its Highly-Praised “Safe2Tell” Program, So What About CA?
by Richard Webb In the days after the tragic shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland...
SCOTUS Shuts Down Trump Appeal in Dreamer Termination Case
In January, the Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step into a dispute over...