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An eventful week behind the Orange Curtain in Southern California: after six years, the trial of Atomwaffen Division member Sam Woodward for the January 2018 murder of Blaze Bernstein kicked off. The defense, surprisingly, admitted Woodward's culpability in opening statements, but challenged the prosecution's argument that

Forgive the tardiness on this week's update, I was in transit to Southern California on Friday and got caught up catching up with friends down here and preparing for the opening of Atomwaffen Division member Sam Woodward's murder trial for the 2018 killing of Blaze Bernstein.

Oakland, as some of you may recall, is a city that means a great deal to me, not just for the weather, the landscape, the politics and its very fine residents, but also because I've devoted a large portion of my journalism career to covering criminal justice in

We're smack in the midst of shoulder season, where leaves and allergies (if you're so inclined) bloom alike. For all of us, I think, this time of year will always carry extra weight thanks to the novel coronavirus pandemic of 2020 and the ensuing death, lockdowns,