Gov. Gavin Newsom will continue to send California Highway Patrol officers into Oakland and the East Bay to conduct surge operations in response to concerns about crime. In a statement Friday, Newsom ...

California Highway Patrol officers are helping cut down on crime in California according to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who announced on Friday that those efforts will stay in Oakland longer and expand into ...

The California Highway Patrol surge operation in Oakland, which started in February 2024 before increasing officer shifts in ...

Republican Rep. Greg Murphy of North Carolina said that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California could put federal funds ...

And heavier consequences may also extend to petty theft and shoplifting offenses, including the possibility of up to three years in jail or prison if a person has already been twice convicted for ...

“The best antidote to the threats is readiness,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta told Rolling Stone, adding his team ...

Newsom emerged as a key Biden surrogate during the 2024 campaign, raising his national profile. California's governor faced ...

Democratic lawmakers mostly opposed Proposition 36, instead favoring a series of crime bills they said augmented Proposition ...

Thanks to a wise decision made by California voters last month, shoplifters no longer have the run of the state.

Newsom is a prototypical modern progressive governor whose pro-democracy tour of Southern states evoked more mocking than ...

Now, for the first time in his almost 30 years in politics, Newsom might have a clear path to seek national office without ...

Revenues so far are higher than what was anticipated — thanks to big gains in the stock market, particularly in tech, and the ...