New California Traffic Laws Going Into Effect For 2012
California drivers will have to follow a number of new traffic laws in 2012 that range from stricter DUI punishment laws to dictating new seating arrangements for older children.
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California drivers will have to follow a number of new traffic laws in 2012 that range from stricter DUI punishment laws to dictating new seating arrangements for older children.
On what would already be one of their busiest nights of the year, police and firefighters Saturday will be patrolling neighborhoods, taking hotline phone calls and scrambling to identify who was behind the arson fires that have spooked the Hollywood area for two straight nights and were making it an uneasy New Year's Eve in Los Angeles.
Authorities say 14 people were arrested in separate confrontations between Occupy Oakland protesters and police Friday.
Police arrested a San Jose woman Saturday in connection with a machete attack that left another San Jose woman dead Friday night, police said.
The suspect in the slaying of a San Francisco Bay area nursing student was obsessed and increasingly angry with her ex-boyfriend's relationship with the victim and was convinced the two were having an affair, according to grand jury transcripts.
A man has been arrested for the theft of several memorial plaques from a wall commemorating fallen first responders and military veterans, an alleged crime that would only have netted him a few bucks if it had been successful, authorities said.
Deputies arrested a bank robbery suspect within minutes of a heist in Citrus Heights and recovered cash and a fake gun inside his vehicle, authorities said.
Authorities in Northern California are looking for a suspect who apparently struck a cat with a crossbow arrow.
Nevada police arrested a man who allegedly killed his close friend in Sacramento and then drove away in his vehicle, authorities said.
Contra Costa County prosecutors have charged a man with murder in the death of a 21-year-old woman who disappeared more than 12 years ago.
