A large group of teenagers on bikes were caught on cellphone cameras looting a Ralphs, releasing pepper spray in the Los ...

Police and prosecutors throughout the region say they now have tools available to help fight criminals who prey on businesses ...

Nearly 70% of Californians voted to pass Prop 36, which increases the penalties and allows for felony charges against repeat ...

Since Proposition 36 passed last November and went into effect in December, local law enforcement has begun to crack down on ...

A recent study by the Public Policy Institute of California — a non-profit, non-partisan research organization — shows that ...

Executive Director of the Pollen Initiative, Jesse Vasquez, argues that Proposition 36, which increased penalties for certain ...

A new report found Kern County ranked first in the state for the rate of cases filed under Proposition 36 as well as voter ...

Cynthia Zimmer, the District Attorney for Kern County, said, "Well, I think it was a mandate by the people of the state of California saying we do not like the degree of homelessness, we do not like ...

Asurvey by the Public Policy Institute of Californiafound that Kern County has filed more Proposition 36 cases per capita ...

Less than year after Proposition 36 was passed by California voters in a landslide, local law enforcement says that it's giving them a leg up in cracking down on retail theft. The law, which went ...