In a bid to impose heavier penalties on repeat criminal offenders, top Southern California law enforcement officials announced a new initiative Wednesday to target and try more suspects under federal guidelines. The initiative, dubbed Operation Safe Cities, was born out of frustration with violent criminals carrying out brazen robberies with firearms — and seeks to build on existing partnerships to secure additional resources and more readily flag relevant offenses for federal authorities who...
Police in Bogotá, Colombia arrested on Tuesday a Venezuelan woman who allegedly drugged two Brazilian tourists and stole their cell phones and watches.
The Watch Register said a recent surge in crime activity has driven a 236 per cent increase in the number of lost or stolen watches registered across its platform.
The first storm of spring has arrived in Southern California. Rain and hail have been falling in parts of the region. The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Advisory for parts of Los Angel
Parts of Southern California are under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning as gusty winds continue to whip across the region Sunday.According to the National Weather Service, a strong thunderstorm will impact the following areas: Simi Valley, Eastern Malibu, Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Encino, Chatsworth, Woodland Hills, Burbank, Northridge, Calabasas, 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass, Porter Ranch, Topanga State Park, Sherman Oaks, Granada Hills, Toluca Lake, Studio City, and Pacoima.Wind gusts...
California Democrats are trying to preserve Proposition 47, the 2014 ballot measure that eased penalties for theft and which is blamed today by many critics for a crime wave targeting retail stores in the state's major cities.
A crafty Labrador retriever thought the coast was clear when she swiped a piece of cheese from the kitchen counter. And then she realized her human wasn't heading off into another room after all. So the quick-thinking doggo stashed the dairy snack into her jowl and froze like a statue, staring off into space without making a peep. — Read the rest
Two brothers who were attacked, one fatally, by a mountain lion in Northern California over the weekend tried to scare the cougar away once they realized it was
PORTLAND, Ore. — The war on drugs, once a weapon in the nation's fight against substance abuse and related crimes, is making a comeback on the West Coast. Fueled by increasingly visible signs of homelessness and drug use in Oregon and San Francisco, officials are restoring punitive measures for drug-related offenses amid a worsening fentanyl crisis. The laws are meant to rein in dangerous street drugs and curb their use on public sidewalks and parks, but advocates say they will only fill jails...
Adams claimed New York is the safest big city in American. There have been more subway shooting victims so far this year compared to all of last year. On Sunday, a teenager was stabbed to death outside a Brooklyn bodega
The state has one of the nation’s broadest laws to clear criminal records, and it’s about to expand even more. Supporters say it gives a fresh start to people who have done their time.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled its final pollution emissions standards for the auto industry on Wednesday. The regulations, which include a looser timeframe than those proposed last year, mandate that by 2032, most new passenger car and light truck sales in the US must be electric or hybrid. Earth is on a disastrous trajectory with climate change, and no amount of baseless conspiracy theories or talking points from the oil and gas industry, Donald Trump or anyone else will...