California still considers looting a crime. Newsom debunked the claim on X, and prosecutors have charged multiple people with ...

Los Angeles DA vows to crack down on opportunist thieves amid looting as firefighters struggle to contain multiple wildfires raging in Southern California.

After facing pressure from Southern California prosecutors, Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for looting to be a felony in fire ...

Looting is illegal in California during a state of emergency or under an evacuation order, according to the state’s penal code. People can be charged with felony looting when they commit burglary or ...

At least 20 people have been arrested on suspicion of looting during the wildfires raging in Los Angeles County, according to Sheriff Robert Luna.

A new House bill would make it a federal crime to “cause a wildfire, further the spread of a wildfire, or attempt to do ...

Smoke eaters with the Los Angeles County Fire Department were working in a burned-down Altadena neighborhood on Thursday when ...

California officials are proposing making looting during a local emergency a felony, as wildfires continue to blaze through ...

Joshua Love, 29, faces charges for attempted burglary and looting in Santa Monica ... including many who have been charged with burglary. Hochman, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Gov. Gavin ...

“We have to keep people safe – no room, zero tolerance for looting,” Newsom says in part. The post’s caption reads, “NOW: Newsom and California Democrats literally decriminalized looting ...

While efforts to speed disaster aid to areas of California hit hard by wildfires languish, lawmakers Monday offered other measures, notably an effort to make arson and looting during a wildfire a ...