Lisa Fernandez

The fate of a Peruvian woman seeking asylum offers a window into how the Trump administration is using new tactics to dismiss cases – and deport people -- essentially stripping immigrants of any traditional protections afforded by court hearings. ktvu.com/news/fate-peru…

The legal unit of Cal-OSHA is recommending that a San Leandro metal recycler be criminally charged after an employee was crushed by a forklift earlier this year – the third employee to die on the job in the last eight years. ktvu.com/news/cal-osha-…

I’ve worked for more than a dozen news orgs in my 20+ year career, but KQED is the only one where people beam back in excitement to learn who I’m with. “I love KQED” is the most common reaction. Overwhelmingly proud to keep the standards extremely high with great coworkers.

Lot of questions about the permits/licenses at the Esparto location of that massive explosion July 1. Here's what @kcranews knows so far: kcra.com/article/espart….

Here are my takeaways from the NSA federal oversight hearing of the Oakland police department. 1. Chief blames ransomware for being out of compliance 2. Mayor Barbara Lee vows to end oversight (she remembers when the Riders case was filed 3. Other stuff ktvu.com/news/oakland-p…

Cal-OSHA, the state agency that oversees safety in the workplace, has fined a San Leandro metal recycler $95,000 following the death of a mechanic – one of three employee deaths in the last eight years, KTVU has learned. ktvu.com/news/cal-osha-…

EXCLUSIVE: Owner of fireworks company linked to deadly explosion was denied federal license By @mgafni and @kurtisalexander sfchronicle.com/california/art…

Rest in Power Dan Siegel. The Oakland-based civil rights attorney, who led the People’s Park protests and went on to challenge numerous government abuses of power for over 50, years died this week.

2 FCI Dublin officers expected to plead guilty to sex crime charges ktvu.com/news/2-fci-dub…

Crime drops in California despite narrative that it's not ktvu.com/news/crime-dro…

Sex assault, retaliation complaints still persist across U.S. prisons, special master finds in 1st report stemming from FCI Dublin consent decree ktvu.com/news/special-m…

The DOJ charged two former correctional officers at FCI Dublin with sex crimes, bringing the number to 10, the highest number of BOP employees charged with these crimes of any prison in the country. ktvu.com/news/doj-charg…

The CHP will pay $10M a jury found officers violated Ari Gold's rights by shooting him 44 times and paralyzing him, even though he was high on meth, armed with a gun and later convicted of assaulting police, stealing a car, hit-and-run and DUI. ktvu.com/news/chp-pay-1…

About two dozen prison correctional officers who used to work at FCI Dublin are getting evicted from their mobile home park, and if they don't move out by Labor Day, their homes will be demolished. ktvu.com/news/prison-of…

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Less than two months after Darius Anderson and Sonoma Media Investments sold The Press Democrat and its sister publications to Media News Group/hedge fund Alden Global Capital, our new owners have already started layoffs. Important 🧵

A California congressman said the director of the federal Bureau of Prisons told him that the BOP has no plans to turn the empty FCI Dublin facility into an ICE detention center. ktvu.com/news/congressm…