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  "description": "This publication's third and final judicial candidate interview starts tonight, at 5:30 p.m. \n\nIf you couldn't make it in person in downtown Riverside, please join us in the livestream. ",
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  "textContent": "This publication's third and final judicial candidate interview starts tonight, at 5:30 p.m.\n\nFree tickets are still available to join us in the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce boardroom, in downtown Riverside. Register here. If you can't make it in person, please join us in the livestream here. Due to the candidate's schedule, there will not be a section for audience questions and answers following the end of the interview at 6:30. Any questions for the candidate can be submitted in the live chat, and we will get to them if we can.\n\nToday's interviewee is Public Defender Andrea Garcia. Garcia specializes in immigration law at the San Bernardino Public Defender’s Office. She joined the State Bar in 2007, and practiced immigration law, creating her own firm, Garcia Immigration Law Group, in 2016. She was recruited to the Riverside County Public Defender's Office in 2018, to create their first immigration unit. She joined the San Bernardino Public Defender’s Office, as their first attorney focused on post-conviction relief for foreign-born clients, in 2023. In addition to representing clients, she provides immigration and constitutional legal advice to public defenders. She volunteers in San Bernardino’s mobile defense program and homeless courts. She has taught at the La Verne University College of Law, and Monterey College of Law, and provides training in criminal defense of foreign-born people throughout the United States. She is a mother, and lives with her family in Riverside.\n\nLast Friday, Inland Empire Law Weekly interviewed Assistant County Executive Michelle Paradise. That interview is available here.\n\nLast Thursday, Inland Empire Law Weekly interviewed criminal defense attorney Jennifer Loflin. That interview is available here.\n\nVideos and summaries of each interview will be posted on this website after the livestream has ended. All content related to this judicial race, including livestream links, can be found at ielaw.news/election.",
  "title": "Going live with Andrea Garcia in an hour",
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