Sometimes the law catches up with you, and you find yourself facing a pending trial in court. The judge sees no serious reason to keep you in custody, but you must show that you’ll attend your court ...

Attorneys for 22 cities have filed a petition asking the California Supreme Court to review the Los Angeles County Superior Court’s implementation of a zero-bail policy last year that eliminated cash ...

Civil rights groups have sued Riverside County, its court system and its sheriff's department. The suit alleges the use of "cash bail" unconstitutionally keeps people in jail solely because they can't ...

The steel-bar secured “dock” in the Department 8 courtroom is seen in Gordon Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on Friday, July 29, 2022, in downtown Sacramento. The Trump administration threatens ...

A San Mateo Superior Court judge set his bail at $75,000, an amount Kowalczyk, homeless and unemployed, could not pay. The charges were that he used someone else’s credit card to buy a $7 cheeseburger ...

SANTA ANA, Calif., June 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Bail Bonds Direct, a trusted leader in the Southern California bail bond industry, has released "The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Posting Bail in ...

In a dramatic move, California has overturned its historic cash-based bail system and ordered local courts to create a “risk-based” system to decide who gets out of jail — or not — before trial. Gov.

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