Proposition 36 passed in California back in November and local business owners say this will hopefully help them crack down ...

Kern County is making its first use of Proposition 36, a new law passed in the last election aimed at increasing criminal penalties for repeat theft and drug offenders.

Latest Kern County, California and US and world news from 23ABC in Bakersfield, Calif. The vice president-elect wore a black tuxedo.

A preliminary hearing was postponed Friday for the first person in the county charged under a new law that took effect with ...

Officers in Galt, CA, arrested two suspects, Hung Nguyen and Amanda Rivas, for a shoplifting incident at SaveMart.

The voter-approved initiative just went into effect, with the immediate impact expected in charging decisions over theft and ...

Proposition 36 exacerbates homelessness, addiction, and poverty in California by prioritizing incarceration over ...

This year-long investigation by CBS News California investigative correspondent Julie Watts examines the many components of California's new tougher-on-crime law.

For the first time since Proposition 36 passed overwhelmingly — 68% to 32% — in November, Gov. Gavin Newsom publicly ...

Damien Gonzalez was arrested for theft at a Target store by San Bernardino deputies applying Proposition 36's new Penal Codes ...

California's Proposition 36 went into effect just in time for the holiday season, gifting criminals with consequences to ...

The campaign spin to get Proposition 47 passed in 2014 that upped the threshold for theft to be considered a felony to $950 ...