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

Police in one Southern California city are laying down the law—literally—when it comes to retail theft. In a social media ... not a place where crime gets a pass,” they continued, “And ...

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 ...