Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Anne Marie Schubert

DNA evidence leads to killer in 1970 Sacramento cold case: ‘Nancy was never forgotten’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The murder of Nancy Marie Bennallack, a 28-year-old court reporter who was brutally stabbed to death in October 1970 in her Sacramento apartment, remained a cold case for nearly 52 years.

Tribune News Service

California’s no party preference voters were no-shows in June 7 primary, report says

WASHINGTON — Only 18% of the 6.4 million Californians who are registered Independent, third-party or without a preference voted in the June 7 primary, according to Political Data, which tracks voter trends.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

US progressives push back against right-wing narrative on crime

Recent votes are galvanising debate within the Democratic Party about how to address crime, but challenges abound.

Al Jazeera

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

George Skelton: Voters paid attention to party affiliation, not positions, in California's statewide primaries

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When running for partisan political office, what usually counts most are simple things campaigns often can't control — especially in a low-profile statewide race.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Ignore the early reviews. California’s criminal justice reform movement fared well on Election Day

Despite what you may have heard, Tuesday was a fairly good day for criminal justice reform in California.

Los Angeles Times

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 26 (June 9, 2022)

Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Democratic Edition

Ballotpedia

Editorial: Progressive DA Chesa Boudin is out, which will solve none of San Francisco’s problems

Progressive San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin lost his recall election in a landslide on Tuesday. And yes, that absolutely is a commentary on how quickly consensus on the need for criminal justice reform evaporated.

Tribune News Service

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

California Attorney General Rob Bonta heads to November, while other statewide races remain close

LOS ANGELES — California's closely watched primary race for attorney general faded into a standard partisan contest Tuesday, giving the Democratic incumbent Attorney General Rob Bonta an easy victory for the top spot on the Nov. 8 ballot to likely face one of two Republicans instead of a high-profile independent…

Los Angeles Times

High-profile candidates try to break Dem, GOP control

A former lawmaker in Oregon is aiming to shake up state politics by running as an unaffiliated candidate for governor

The Independent UK

Newsom, Bonta way ahead as California voters lean partisan, Times poll finds

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Voters will likely stick with their partisan preferences in two of California’s most consequential state primary races, giving Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Attorney General Rob Bonta an easy leg up in the June 7 election, according to a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored…

Los Angeles Times

The June primary for California attorney general is a fight for second place

LOS ANGELES — For the candidates running to unseat California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the fight for political survival is now.

Los Angeles Times

A 'no party preference' prosecutor could shake up California attorney general's race

As a prosecutor, Anne Marie Schubert has thrived on being able to pull off what seemed impossible.

Los Angeles Times

California debates opening supervised sites for people to use drugs

Advocates of the proposal say it would prevent overdoses, slow the spread of HIV and inspire drug users to seek help, while proponents say safe injection sites would create an "open drug scene."

WEKU

Five candidates running in California Attorney General primary

Five candidates are running in a top-two primary for California Attorney General on June 7, 2022. Incumbent Rob Bonta (D), Nathan Hochman (R), and Anne Marie Schubert (I) have led in media attention and fundraising. Eric Early (R) and Daniel Kapelovitz (G) are also running in the primary election.

Ballotpedia

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: California attorney general is one of few key races on the ballot. It's worth our attention

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Except for governor, the most important statewide elective office in California is attorney general. And there'll be a pivotal vote on the job in the June 7 primary.

The Independent UK

California Republicans see chance to unseat Democratic AG

Republicans think they have a chance this year to unseat appointed Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta

The Independent UK

California Democratic supremacy tested by crime, inflation

With rising crime fears, a homelessness crisis and soaring prices, Republicans hope California's troubles will help create a pathway for some rare wins in the heavily Democratic state

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Rob Bonta has earned a full term as California attorney general

Rob Bonta was appointed California attorney general barely a year ago by Gov. Gavin Newsom to fill a vacancy left by the departure of Xavier Becerra to become U.S. Health and Human Services secretary. Because Bonta was not elected, because his record in one of the state’s most important positions…

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Los Angeles Times

California's biggest election this year could be the race for attorney general

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The most contentious and closely watched California election in 2022 is likely to be the race for attorney general, where voters will choose in June from the liberal incumbent who was appointed to the job last year, three unheralded challengers and an openly gay career prosecutor whose…

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Truth is one of the casualties in Sacramento shooting

Much of what you heard last week about a suspect in the killing of six people in Sacramento the previous Sunday was patently false — that “the perpetrator” was able to do his ugly deed because he had been released from prison years early by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s soft-on-crime parole…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Bunch: How Sacramento’s mass shooting killed the myth of ‘tough-on-crime’ prosecutors

Anne Marie Schubert — the veteran district attorney for Sacramento County, covering California’s capital city — doesn’t quite fit the profile of the perfect guest for the right-wing Fox News Channel, after she ditched the GOP to become an independent during the presidency of Donald Trump. Yet she’s been on…

Los Angeles Times

Sacramento shooting suspect got out of prison early despite district attorney’s opposition

The man arrested for possessing a machine gun at the scene of Sunday’s mass shooting in Sacramento, California, was allowed to leave state prison last year despite opposition from the county’s district attorney to him winning early release.

Los Angeles Times

Second suspect arrested in deadly Sacramento shooting; automatic weapon found at scene

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento police announced Tuesday they have arrested a second suspect in connection with an eruption of gunfire that killed six people, injured 12 and left the city grieving, with flowers and candles dotting the downtown streets on Monday night.

Al Jazeera

US police arrest second suspect in deadly Sacramento shooting

Police are reviewing more than 170 videos and photos from chaotic shooting that sent hundreds fleeing for safety.

Los Angeles Times

Anita Chabria: The Sacramento shooting again shows mass killers in our midst. The pandemic made it worse

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Father Michael O'Reilly stood on the steps of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in his long, purple robes, looking at a crime scene just feet away where more than a dozen evidence markers were laid out.

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Department of Justice

Health and Human Services

UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies

14 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.