Actor Francesca Eastwood, daughter of the legendary actor Clint Eastwood was arrested in Beverly Hills over the weekend on suspicion of felony domestic violence, according to reporting from the Los Angeles Times.  

Officers with the Beverly Hills Police Department responded to a call Saturday of possible domestic violence at its North Rexford Drive headquarters, police confirmed to The Times.  

An investigation was conducted and “based on statements and injuries,” the 31-year-old Los Angeles resident was arrested and booked at the BHPD Jail for felony domestic violence.

The daughter of Oscar Award-winning actor and director Clint Eastwood and actor Frances Fisher, best known for her roles in “Unforgiven” and “Titanic,” is described as “a talented film actress whose career is on a remarkable upward trajectory” according to her IMDB page. She has worked on the 2021 M. Night Shyamalan film “Old” and has acting credits dating back to 1995.  

She also starred in the reality series “Mrs. Eastwood & Company,” which chronicled the life of Dina Eastwood, Clint’s then-wife, and their two daughters, Francesca and Morgan.  

Francesca was also arrested in 2015 on suspicion of driving under the influence. After she pleaded no contest to the charge, The Times reports her case was dismissed.  

The 31-year-old’s bail was set at $50,000 and she was due to appear in court Tuesday morning.

The Times reached out to her representatives and were awaiting a response.  

Two suspects were arrested after police discovered thousands of illegal fentanyl pills in San Bernardino County.

On Tuesday morning, Barstow Police pulled over a vehicle near the 15 Freeway and Barstow Road for a vehicle code violation at around 3:42 a.m.

Two male suspects were inside the car. While searching their vehicle, a police K9 alerted officers to the presence of illegal narcotics.

Police eventually found around 86,000 fentanyl pills inside, which weighed approximately 20 pounds. 

Both suspects, identified as Jesus Casteneda, 27, and Daniel Quevodo, 21, were taken into custody. Both men are residents of Phoenix, Arizona.

They were arrested for possession of a controlled substance for sales and transportation of a controlled substance for sales. They were booked at the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Jail in Barstow.

The case remains under investigation. Anyone with additional information can call Sergeant Matthew Helms at 760-256-2211 or email mhelms@barstowca.org.

Anonymous tips can be provided to We-Tip at 1-800-782-7463 or online at wetip.com.

A study led by researchers at UCLA has found that due to voting eligibility expansions, more than 2 million people with felony convictions are now able to vote. 

Now, they are asking a critical question: Has anyone told them? 

According to data from The Sentencing Project analyzed by the coalition of researchers from UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Berkeley School of Law and Stanford University, 26 states and Washington, D.C., have expanded voting rights for those convicted of a felony since 1997. 

And while a felony conviction can mean the loss of voting rights, in many states, a person regains the right to vote after incarceration or supervision, the study said. 

“The system of mass incarceration and current and historical legacies of voter suppression have excluded millions of people,” said UCLA sociology professor Naomi Sugie. “The laws have changed, and people need to know that. This is about righting a wrong.” 

Sugie and other researchers analyzed voting obstacles during the November 2022 election and released their findings in this month’s issue of the Punishment and Society journal. Their research – conducted through interviews, focus groups and text message conversations among a multi-state sample – found that several factors pose an “access to justice issue among system-impacted people,” including a lack of understanding about the voting process, confusion about eligibility and perceived risks of voting while ineligible. 

One individual who was interviewed, a 40-year-old Hispanic woman from Texas named Delia, said that she felt the process was “very confusing on purpose.” 

“Every unit I went to, the narrative is, ‘You got a felony now, you’re never going to get a job, and you’re never going to vote,’ and so you believe that,” she told researchers. 

Another interviewee, a 41-year-old Chicano man from California named Julian, said that a lot of the times, when people come home from prison, they simply “don’t know about none of this crap” and are dissuaded from learning more for many reasons, like not being informed of their rights upon release, fear of harsh criminal penalties for simply trying to vote and overall government distrust. 

“They are just trying to be off parole, not being harassed based on that,” he said. “So, voting is just another foreign language to them, and there’s nobody educating them.” 

To help get voters to the ballot box, researchers found that community organizations – such as reentry and support networks, legal service providers, religious groups and others that work with impacted communities – made more of an effort on “cleaning up misconceptions” around voter eligibility through direct outreach. 

Researchers also concluded that limiting access to voting “limits access to justice.” 

“Disenfranchisement is a justice and equity issue…it especially takes a toll on communities disproportionately impacted by the criminal legal system, like those that are poor, racial and ethnic minorities,” Sugie said. “It’s important that our political systems make sure that their voices and concerns are heard, too.” 

Sugie and her fellow researchers are continuing to monitor voting barriers during this year’s election alongside Voter Outreach in Communities Experiencing System-Involvement (Project VOICES), which has engaged in large-scale community outreach programs.

California residents looking to check their voter eligibility can do so by visiting the California Voter Status information page.

More information can be found on the National Association of Secretaries of State Can I Vote? webpage.