The new bag policy is in response to an uptick in retail theft across the state, an issue so problematic that state officials ...

District Attorney Nathan Hochman on Wednesday hailed what he called the success of the tough-on-crime Proposition 36.

At a Wednesday morning press conference in front of a Pico Union 7-Eleven that’s been hit by thieves 12 times in recent weeks, officials announced a new initiative to curb retail theft. Los ...

They faced felony charges of retail theft, grand theft, vandalism and other related crimes. A landmark bill package in California allows Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen to ...

Under Proposition 36, which passed with nearly 70 ... Across Southern California, law enforcement agencies have been ramping up retail theft operations, either establishing new task forces or ...