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.

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

Rep. Pete Aguilar, D., Calif, chair of the Democratic caucus, delivered a speech on the House floor to nominate Rep. Hakeem ...

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

Scotts Valley Police announced that Prop 36 successfully took effect New Year's Day with one arrest inside of Target.

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

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

San Francisco County Supervisor Matt Dorsey, a Democrat and former addict, is calling for “mass arrests, detox, and treatment ...

California began confronting a very different, unpredictable Washington Friday, as a Republican-controlled Congress ...

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

On Monday, December 30, 2024, the Brawley Police Department responded to the city’s Walmart store at 250 Wildcat Drive, Brawley, in reference to a shoplifting in progress.

Novato police arrested two suspects in connection with a theft at Safeway on Diablo Avenue.