A second locally elected lawmaker has proposed state legislation at least partly inspired by the mental health diversion case ...

CALIFORNIA, USA — In a rare show of bipartisan support, a new bill moving through the California Legislature aims to tighten the state’s pretrial mental health diversion program by clarifying who ...

Former Kern County supervisor Zack Scrivner is scheduled for a hearing Thursday in which a status update will be provided on the diversion program he was granted ...

When former Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner entered a federal diversion program to avoid prosecution last month, she was the beneficiary of the exact type of program she let fall to pieces in her own ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif — A bill moving through the California Legislature would tighten access to mental health diversion programs ...

Following his completion of a diversion program, criminal charges have been dismissed against a former supervising deputy probation officer accused of felony assault involving a minor at a juvenile ...