Children Left Behind: Many Former Foster Kids Forced Into Prostitution
Half of the homeless people in the Bay Area are former foster children, and most of the young prostitutes working in East Oakland used to be in foster care, according to experts.
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Half of the homeless people in the Bay Area are former foster children, and most of the young prostitutes working in East Oakland used to be in foster care, according to experts.
Two men were arrested Tuesday night near Soledad after getting into a fight over money for sex, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office.
A Sacramento couple arrested last month on suspicion of pimping underage girls at a South San Francisco hotel pleaded not guilty to human trafficking and other charges in San Mateo County Superior Court on Wednesday.
A 23-year-old Fresno man was arrested after law enforcement officials discovered he had been operating as a pimp in San Jose and other cities throughout California, police said.
As with many police departments in the Bay Area, budget cuts have left fewer officers on the streets. Some San Jose Police officers say the cutbacks are attracting prostitutes to several hot spots in the city.
A federal grand jury indicted former Contra Costa County narcotics task force Commander Norman Wielsch and private investigator Christopher Butler on charges of illegally selling confiscated drugs and operating a brothel.
According to California law, the hundreds of girls arrested nationwide each year on suspicion of prostitution are both criminals and victims.
California lacks a unified response to human trafficking but several Bay Area officials are making inroads in protecting exploited children and prosecuting their attackers.
On a gray, drizzly afternoon last March, it was mostly empty along Oakland's "Track," a section of International Boulevard in the middle of the city that is known as a hub for prostitution.
The Oakland Police Department will soon re-hire eight more of the officers laid off last year because of budget cuts, Police Chief Anthony Batts said.
Nobody likes to get a Dear John letter, and soon men who patronize prostitutes in East Oakland will be receiving them from residents who want to scare them out of the neighborhood.
The court ruled 5-2 on Thursday that pimps who recruit working prostitutes are just as guilty of pandering as those who recruit victims new to the trade.
East Oakland residents took to the streets on Friday with the support of Police Chief Batts to take a stand against prostitution and crime.
A former Contra Costa County police commander accused of running a brothel is now facing allegations that he used his police power to eliminate competing brothels.
The ex-commander of Contra Costa County's drug task force, already charged with a slew of drug crimes, is now under investigation for allegedly running a brothel.
Prostitution has been on the rise in Vallejo, and now some neighborhood watch groups are taking matters into their own hands.
Independent state auditor Elaine Howell told the Sacramento Bee the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing is one of the "worst-run" state agencies in California.
Residents of two neighborhoods along Oakland's International Boulevard held a rally Thursday night to fight back against the pimping and prostitution—particularly of young girls.
The bad economy has led to a booming prostitution business in Vallejo, and now neighbors are trying to shame potential customers away from the city.
The case boils down to defining the phrase in California law that makes it a crime for anyone who "induces, persuades or encourages another person to become a prostitute."
Navigating drug dealers and prostitution to get to school undermines the work teachers do in the classroom, authorities said Wednesday.
Oakland is going after pimps, johns and others involved in the sexual exploitation of women - four wheels at a time. The city's Public Safety Committee approved an ordinance putting prosecutions back in the hands of the city attorney.
Ten people have been charged with conspiracy, pimping, pandering and human trafficking for allegedly running a prostitution ring in three counties, a spokeswoman for the Alameda County District Attorney's Office said Friday.
A multi-agency operation has halted a large-scale and sophisticated ring of brothels at which immigrant Asian women were exploited.
Prostitution is growing in Vallejo with women who are much younger than before.
