District Attorney Steve Cooley went on the record today in opposition of Governor Jerry Brown's proposed budget because he believes a provision for transferring "thousands of convicted felons and parolees to county custody and supervision threatens the safety of citizens." more ›

There are 14,000 firefighters our there right now helping protecting us. 3,000 of them are prison inmates who began working the front lines yesterday.A spokesman for the corrections department says it's close to the most the state has ever used. The inmates go through a four-week training program. They must be physically fit, have no history of violent crime and have between four months to three years remaining on their sentences. They're paid $1... more ›