Watch: Stage is set for the On-Boarding Kick-off launch of skills development training programme for parolees and probationers at Kemptonpark EASTC. #givemeasecondchance #rehabilitation #DCS | The Department of Correctional Services

CDFW-permitted wildlife rehabilitators play a critical role in helping injured, orphaned and sick wild animals return to the wild. CDFW considers them partners in the conservation of California’s native wildlife. On Sept. 26, two bald eagles were returned to the wild thanks to the dedicated wildlife rehabilitation team at Tri-County Wildlife Care. Other partners assisting CDFW in these eagles’ success story are the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and East Bay Municipal Utility District. Watch the

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) requested a compassionate release on Oct. 1 for 86-year-old Ramiro Ruiz of Madera County. Ruiz was sentenced 28 years ago. He is serving a life sentence for repeatedly raping, sodomizing, drugging and chaining up his children. CDCR requested the compassionate release from prison, claiming his old age and dementia remove him as a threat to society. In court, Judge Dale Blea presided over the hearing and denied CDCR’s request in co

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The Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area – CDFW’s urban wildlife area in the shadow of downtown Sacramento – had a banner hunting season in 2024-25. Yolo set records for its harvest of wild pheasants, geese and cinnamon teal. The mallard harvest at 844 birds was the second-highest total in area history. CDFW’s Darian Marico Clark-Stinson has the complete season recap in a special “Yolo Alert." | California Department of Fish and Wildlife