Explainer: Investigating sexual abuse in California’s developmental centers
Marie McIntoshPatients at California's five board-and-care centers for the developmentally disabled have accused caretakers and other employees of rape and molestation 36 times during the past four...
View ArticleVideo: In Jennifer's Room
Carrie Ching and Ryan GabrielsonIn August 2006, caregivers at the Sonoma Developmental Center found dark blue bruises shaped like handprints covering the breasts of a patient named Jennifer. She...
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Police ignored, mishandled sex assaults reported by disabled
Ryan Gabrielson This story was edited by Robert Salladay and Mark Katches and copy edited by Nikki Frick and Christine Lee. Mike Kepka/San Francisco Chronicle Giant palm trees stand at the main gate of...
View Article'In Jennifer's Room' tells chilling story of abuse while protecting family's...
Marie McIntosh“I feel bad for the people who have no one to fight for them. There are a lot of them; they don't have any family. I told them when we were (there), 'You know, I was a hands-on mom, and I...
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Calls grow for local police to take cases at developmental centers
Ryan GabrielsonMike Kepka/San Francisco Chronicle The Sonoma Developmental Center in Eldridge is one of five state-run institutions for the developmentally disabled. Sonoma County’s top prosecutor has...
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Caltrans slow to boost pedestrian safety on hairy Millbrae road
Zusha ElinsonZusha Elinson/The Bay Citizen Three people have been struck walking in this crosswalk at Santa Helena Avenue and El Camino Real in the past two months. A perilous stretch of El Camino Real...
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Local jails may limit immigration holds to convicts
Ryan Gabrielsondem10/istockphoto.comIn the next year, many of California’s local jails might limit federal immigration “holds” to detainees with felony convictions, greatly reducing the number of...
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State threatens to shut down disability center amid patient abuse
Ryan GabrielsonMike Kepka/San Francisco Chronicle The Sonoma Developmental Center in Eldridge is one of five state-run institutions for the developmentally disabled. The state's largest board-and-care...
View ArticleVideo – Anaheim: A Tale of Two Cities
Anaheim is the home to one of the most well-known and popular amusement parks in the world: Disneyland. It's also the home to a community whose anger at local police has boiled over recently, spilling...
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Prosecutors' opposition could limit release of third-strike inmates
Michael Montgomeryoneword/istockphoto.comState inmates serving life terms are starting to file resentencing petitions with local judges following the passage of Proposition 36, the ballot measure that...
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State disability center forfeits funding over abuse
Ryan GabrielsonMike Kepka/San Francisco Chronicle A placard marks the Corcoran Unit at the Sonoma Developmental Center, which has been the site of 11 alleged sex assaults since 2009. California's...
View ArticlePublic forum: What’s the future of Sonoma’s developmental center?
Marie McIntoshCalifornia Watch is inviting the public to share its thoughts, insights and experiences about the troubled Sonoma Developmental Center, the state’s largest board-and-care facility for the...
View ArticleThe Shooter
Phil BronsteinThe Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden left the military with no pension and no protection for himself or his family.
View ArticleCIR’s California Watch wins Polk award for second straight year
Mark KatchesWe are proud to write today that the Center for Investigative Reporting’s California Watch has won the George Polk Award for our series exposing flaws in the way a special state police...
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New director to take over troubled Sonoma disability center
Amy Julia HarrisMike Kepka/San Francisco Chronicle Giant palm trees stand at the main gate of the Sonoma Developmental Center, which houses about 500 patients. A former employee of the Sonoma...
View ArticleGabrielson wins top honor for police reporting
Reporter Ryan Gabrielson has won a national award for excellence in police reporting for exposing the shoddy practices of an internal police force patrolling California’s developmental centers for the...
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Broken Shield series wins two IRE awards
Investigative Reporters and EditorsThe Center for Investigative Reporting’s California Watch today scored two top national awards from Investigative Reporters and Editors for a series that exposed...
View ArticleMap: Where have Oakland police officer-involved shootings occurred?
Cole GoinsUPDATE, April 11, 2013: This map updates to include address information for a January 2001 shooting.Between 2000 and 2012, officers in the Oakland Police Department discharged their weapons...
View ArticleFind out who investigates police-involved shootings in your area
Shoshana WalterFor the public, how prosecutors respond to police shootings can prompt just as much distrust of government as the shooting itself. That’s especially true when ex-police officers are...
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Ex-officers often investigate police-involved shootings
Shoshana Walter This story was edited by Robert Salladay and copy edited by Nikki Frick and Christine Lee. h2.subhed {font-size:13px;}Noah Berger/The Bay Citizen Adam and Jeralynn Blueford’s son Alan,...
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