California retail theft crackdown yields surge in investigations, arrests
California's retail crime task force is surpassing 2023 enforcement totals amid a surge in arrests and cases investigated, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.
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California's retail crime task force is surpassing 2023 enforcement totals amid a surge in arrests and cases investigated, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.
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Forward progress has been stopped for a fire burning in southeastern Butte County that forced officials to issue evacuation warnings on Thursday.
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Smash-and-grab retail thefts that result in major damage to businesses will bring longer sentences in California after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bill into law Thursday.
Firefighters were making some progress Monday morning as they battled the Boyles Fire in Lake County that burned upwards of 30 structures in the town of Clearlake.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Friday that would have made some immigrants in the country illegally eligible for home loans backed by the state.
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The 17-year-old suspect in the shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall made his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon and through his defense attorney expressed remorse for the incident.
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Sacramento's Incident Management Team launched one year ago and the director of the Department of Community Outreach calls the specialized team's results "significant."
Sacramento's Incident Management Team launched one year ago and the director of the Department of Community Outreach calls the specialized team's results "significant."
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California's retail crime task force is surpassing 2023 enforcement totals amid a surge in arrests and cases investigated, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.
Gov. Newsom could be sued by hemp industry advocates over the governor's proposed emergency regulations they say will hurt people with disabilities who rely on CBD.
California is split over a proposal to become the first U.S. state to regulate airline emissions.
A man who was scheduled to return from a backpacking trip in Yosemite National Park in late August was found dead on Saturday, park officials said.
Forward progress has been stopped for a fire burning in southeastern Butte County that forced officials to issue evacuation warnings on Thursday.
Tyler Soderstrom homered and was 2 for 4 and Zack Gelof hit a double to take the lead in the eighth as the Athletics beat the Cubs 5-3, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to become the first major league team to earn a spot in the playoffs, on Wednesday.
Shea Langeliers homered twice, including a towering solo drive that cleared the Wrigley Field bleachers in left, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3.
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California is split over a proposal to become the first U.S. state to regulate airline emissions.
Representative Josh Harder introduced a bill that would give living donors $50,000 in tax credits over five years.
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Boar's Head will no longer make liverwurst and is indefinitely closing the location where the product was made, impacting 500 workers.
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A Folsom viewer said a credit reporting agency is refusing to remove a debt that isn't hers. She reached out to the Call Kurtis team for help.
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A CBS News California investigation found roughly half of California voters will have someone new to the job running their presidential election this year.
California lawmakers are trying again to give public school teachers paid family leave. Critics worry it could come at the actual expense of students.
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The doctor who was released from jail after driving his family off a cliff is being called the "poster child" for and against a California law that allows attempted murder defendants to get at-home mental health treatment instead of standing trial for alleged crimes.
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Chase Bank is accepting responsibility for a mistake that caused a check written for $400 to deduct $4,000 from a Sacramento viewer's Wells Fargo account.
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College classes are now back in session, and CBS13 and the Call Kurtis consumer investigative team have been on the lookout for discounts for college students that they may not even realize they can receive.
Forward progress has been stopped for a fire burning in southeastern Butte County that forced officials to issue evacuation warnings on Thursday.
El Dorado and Placer County communities continue to recover two years after the Mosquito Fire burned more than 76,000 acres.
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A flash flood warning will be in effect this weekend for the Park Fire burn scar area as wet weather is expected to roll through Northern California.
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The vacant old YMCA building in Stockton caught fire early Wednesday morning. The city said what was left of the old building will now be demolished.