The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is continuing to remind residents of the effects of the recently passed ...

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

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 ...

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.

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

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

The first felony charges under California's Proposition 36 have been filed. Dustin Towery, 25, pleaded not guilty Monday to ...

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

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

San Bernardino deputies arrested a 54-year-old on suspicion of meth possession under California's new Proposition 36.