Lawmakers target looters in wake of arrests in Los Angeles-area burn zones
California lawmakers are proposing tougher penalties on looting and other opportunistic crimes during disasters after more ...
Rodney King’s civil attorney is going to prison for tax evasion
Milton Grimes pleaded guilty to one federal count of tax evasion, resolving allegations that the lawyer failed to pay taxes ...
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Sentencing date reset for member of Vallejo chapter of Hells Angels
Kenneth Caspers Jr., who is in his late 50s and remains out of custody, faces sentencing May 20 in federal court in Sacramento. A previously convicted felon, Caspers last year pleaded guilty to ...
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DOJ: Bakersfield man pleads guilty to aiming laser at KCSO helicopter
A Bakersfield man faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine after he pleaded guilty Tuesday to aiming a laser pointer at a Kern County Sheriff's Office ...
More than 2 million acres of local land in California designated high or very high fire danger areas
Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more than 2.3 million acres of local land in California as facing “high” or “very high” danger of wildfires.