How the alliance behind California’s tough-on-crime measure fractured
A partnership between retailers and prosecutors is fraying following a summer of tense negotiations and interventions by ...
Report: Violent crime decreases nationwide, but rises in California
Although California state saw a 15.8% drop in homicides in 2023, the rates of robbery and aggravated assault increased by 2.9 ...
Family of Blaze Bernstein, California teen killed in hate crime attack, stand up for their son: "Blaze's life mattered"
Six years after the murder of Blaze Bernstein, a gay, Jewish college student, his family faced his killer Sam Woodward, a ...
FBI reports California violent crime up 3.6% as Newsom touts national crime drop
While California Gov. Gavin Newsom touted a FBI-reported national decline in violent crime for 2023, the same report shows ...
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New California law increases penalty for soliciting minors to a felony crime
The penalty for soliciting and buying sex from minors under 16 will be raised to a felony under a new California law signed ...
Man accused of exploding bomb at California courthouse had more bomb-making materials, feds say
When law enforcement searched the suspect's home, they found an empty can with nails glued to the outside, a bag containing ...
6 myths about California crime as voters now favor this measure on drugs, retail theft
A new poll shows Californians overwhelmingly favor Prop. 36, the November ballot measure that would toughen criminal ...
Column: California voters are fed up with crime and, apparently, the response by Democrats
A new poll shows that California voters overwhelming support Proposition 36, sponsored by the California District Attorney’s ...
To fight organized retail crime, brands and government must join forces
Organized retail crime is not simple petty theft but involves sophisticated criminal organizations with multiple layers ...
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Here are six other myths about California crime — from street violence and guns to prisons and death row — and the truth behind them. Myth: Street-level crime makes California cities unlivable ...