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I recently submitted a Public Records Act request in my city. I have just been told that I will be…
I volunteer to help run a small community newspaper. Before we went to print on our first issue, we started receiving bashings…
I’m a journalist at a radio station doing a story about people who are soliciting money pledges for various causes on…
If a group of scientists is doing research at a state university, but the research is funded entirely by the…
I believe the City Council violated the Brown Act at a recent meeting when councilmembers voted 5-0 to move a…
My local Neighborhood Council put forth a motion in the Urban Design and Preservation Committee to ban short term rentals.…
I cover school sports for the local newspaper and recently a coach was fired amid rumors that he/she was abusive…
A group of citizens allege the city is wrongly leaving out copies of correspondence the city received related to items…
I am a reporter working on a story about a recent dog shooting by a police officer although animal control…
As a newspaper photographer, I was covering a protest over Caltrans clearing trees alongside the Highway just outside of town.…