A State Personnel Board decision says Colorado prison wardens exchanged hundreds of racist, homophobic messages, sparking demotions, a firing and paid leaves.

A Bellevue rabbi, his family and seven camp counselors jumped from a second‑story window to escape a house fire; no one was seriously hurt and the community has launched relief efforts.

A former assistant chief of psychiatry at Kaiser South Sacramento has sued the health system, alleging racist language, patient mistreatment and retaliation after she reported concerns.