The measure comes in response to an increase in high-profile “smash-and-grab” robberies and the fentanyl crisis.

The lawsuit, launched by the ACLU in California, alleges that the summary banishment by the University of California Regents ...

There’s a sharp personality divide between Carl DeMaio and Andrew Hayes in the campaign for the state Assembly’s 75th ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed signed a bill aiming to help with its low police staffing crisis, which resulted in Vallejo interim Police Chief Jason Ta calling for a state of emergency in 2023.

Before Hurricane Helene made landfall, several cities and municipalities declared local states of emergency to ensure funds ...

The former president has a long history of encouraging rough treatment of people in police custody and saying law enforcement ...

A woman has been charged after a baby was found dead on a street in California, the Lodi Police Department reported.

Under a new California law, cars without a human driver behind the wheel will no longer get a free pass for making traffic violations. The law, which goes into effect ...

A man was arrested on suspicion of assaulting three people, including a homeowner and a magician entertaining at a children's ...

A Los Angeles police officer’s unsecured rifle was sucked into a MRI machine during a botched October 2023 raid at a Van Nuys ...

The lawyers argued that laws "censor freedom of speech by using vague standards to punish people for posting certain ...