Campaign Finance Record System Goes Down
The holidays may be a slow time for many people, but not for the fundraisers marshalling millions for the 2012 election cycle. The numbers are big, but the vintage software the state uses to track donations and make them public has crashed.
State Wrestles with Treatment of Mentally Ill Offenders
Many people inside and outside California's Department of Mental Health have been calling for reforms to address violence against patients and caregivers at state-run hospitals. NPR's Ina Jaffe has been exploring the growing controversy.