Cynthia Zimmer, the District Attorney for Kern County, said, "Well, I think it was a mandate by the people of the state of ...

A recent study by the Public Policy Institute of California — a non-profit, non-partisan research organization — shows that ...

A large group of teenagers on bikes were caught on cellphone cameras looting a Ralphs, releasing pepper spray in the Los ...

Asurvey by the Public Policy Institute of Californiafound that Kern County has filed more Proposition 36 cases per capita ...

A new report found Kern County ranked first in the state for the rate of cases filed under Proposition 36 as well as voter ...

Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer announced Friday her office has secured its first jury-trial felony convictions under Proposition 36, the new state law that increases penalties for people ...

Kern County announced its first jury trial conviction of Prop 36 with a man facing up to seven years and four months in prison. The Kern County District Attorney’s Office said on April 10 ...

Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer announced Friday her office has secured its first jury-trial felony convictions under Proposition 36, the new state law that increases penalties for ...

However, should a high influx of Prop. 36-related cases add to more convicted criminals than expected — as the growth in the population of Los Angeles County’s main jail suggests — more ...

However, should a high influx of Prop. 36-related cases add to more convicted criminals than expected — as the growth in the population of Los Angeles County’s main jail suggests — more funding could ...

"We sort of celebrated thinking that we we were in this really lucky group of people, only to find out later that that is not at all the case," said Jordan, 36, who is diabetic and ... are plaintiffs ...