Photo: Ethan Swope/Getty Images Tidings of some comfort if not joy from California of all places ... In November 68% of Californians voted for Prop. 36, which includes new penalties for repeat ...

San Bernardino woman arrested for theft at an Ulta Beauty store, potentially facing increased penalties under new Proposition ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to announce that he will extend the California Highway Patrol deployment in Oakland as the city ...

A shoplifting suspect with past theft convictions is facing possible felony charges after California’s Proposition 36 was ...

Democratic lawmakers mostly opposed Proposition 36, instead favoring a series of crime bills they said augmented Proposition ...

Thanks to a wise decision made by California voters last month, shoplifters no longer have the run of the state.

Californians accused of certain drug and retail theft offenses face longer sentences under Proposition 36. A batch of new crime laws takes effect Jan. 1, 2025.

Gavin Newsom doubled down Friday on his opposition to Proposition 36, the newly enacted statewide anti-crime initiative, and ...

California was slated to give a long-awaited raise to health facilities that help quadriplegics and others with serious ...

California law enforcement and business owners alike are cautiously optimistic that the overwhelming support for Prop 36 will ...

Local law enforcement agencies say they plan to continue their retail theft operations in the coming weeks.

Voters went on to pass California's tougher-on-crime Proposition 36 with the largest margin of any measure on the ballot, ...