Death Penalty Focus
Former director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and former warden at San Quentin Prison, which houses the State's Death Row; Executive Director of Death Penalty Focus, a group that advocates against the death penalty
Former Death Row Warden to Head Anti-Death Penalty Group Jeanne Woodford resigned as Governor Schwarzenegger's Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation four years ago. Before that, she spent 26 years at San Quentin prison, where she became the warden and presided over four executions.
Could agave become Santa Barbara’s next major crop? In many ways, growing agave in Santa Barbara makes a lot of sense. Not only does it use very little water and thrive on generally inhospitable land, but it can act as a fuel break for wildfires.
The march toward a teachers strike sounds familiar Higher salaries, larger class sizes, more counselors, librarians and nurses. Those are just some of the demands that members of United Teachers, Los Angeles - the union that represents teachers' at LAUSD - are asking for.