Crime & Public Safety

Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged the milestone, adding that more work needs to be done to improve the state’s public safety.

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, elected in 2022, touts her ‘incredible strides toward serving the victims in this county.’

Gov. Newsom said he will wait until after the county’s new district attorney weighs in on the pair, who killed their parents in 1989.

San Bernardino County voted to give raises to some elected officials and provide minimum levels of resources for sheriff’s department staffing.

The suspect was charged with murder, kidnapping, arson, and burglary after committing gruesome double murder over an $80,000 debt.

The defendant made more than 375 swatting and threat calls between August 2022 and January 2024, according to federal authorities.

San Joaquin County voters are overwhelmingly in favor of ballot Measure R.

Investigators found a bear costume inside one of the suspects’ homes.

A police officer wounded in the incident was taken to a trauma center for treatment of a bullet wound to his hip.

‘Wildcatting’ refers to unregulated ride-hailing drivers operating without oversight at the border, putting riders at risk.

Some border counties voted for a Republican president for the first time in a century.

‘I imagine that the council will be voting on sanctuary cities hopefully very, very soon,’ Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said.

The new program will see veterans guilty of criminal activity be offered treatment and alternative sentences, instead of incarceration.

The four defendants were arrested in China and face similar charges there, but they won’t be extradited.