Prop 47's Reduced Criminal Penalties Contributed to More Thefts
California voters' decision to reduce penalties for drug and property crimes in 2014 contributed to a jump in car burglaries, shoplifting and other theft, researchers reported Tuesday.
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California voters' decision to reduce penalties for drug and property crimes in 2014 contributed to a jump in car burglaries, shoplifting and other theft, researchers reported Tuesday.
The House will vote next week on two Republican-written immigration bills, a top GOP aide said late Tuesday, as leaders sought to move past an election-year civil war.
Firefighters in a Minneapolis suburb on Friday managed to help a 180-pound Saint Bernard named Whiskey who had got stuck on the small roof over a side door of his home.
A group in San Jose is tired of looking at dirty streets and are taking matters into their owns hands, cleaning up thrashed areas "punk rock" style.
PG&E on Tuesday warned customers in the Bay Area about a new policy that will cut electricity to certain neighborhoods during extreme fire weather conditions.
Exactly one week after voters went to the polls to choose San Francisco's next mayor, President of the Board of Supervisors London Breed remains in the lead.
A man reportedly shot by San Francisco police last weekend is well-known to authorities. It turns out he has been shot by an SFPD officer once before.
Fans jammed the streets of Oakland standing 10 deep Tuesday under appropriately Warriors blue skies, cheering on Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green and their teammates after Golden State's back-to-back NBA titles.
An inmate was pronounced dead while in custody Tuesday morning at the Martinez Detention Facility, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office.
Three men caught smuggling succulent plants along the north coast in Mendocino and Humboldt counties have been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $10,000 fines.
A brush fire threatened several homes Tuesday afternoon in the Beverly Crest area near Benedict Canyon, according to the CBS affiliate in Los Angeles.
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that AT&T can move forward with its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner.
Electric car maker Tesla Inc. is laying off about 3,600 white-collar workers as it slashes costs in an effort to become profitable.
A raccoon spotted in Minnesota Tuesday morning scaled a building and is now 20 stories up.
A woman is suing NASA over a gift she claims was given to her by the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong.
