California
The previous owners of bakery chain Sweet Lady Jane settled a wage theft lawsuit earlier in July, bringing about the apparent end of a yearlong legal saga.
July 22, 2024
This measure asks voters to change parts of Proposition 47, a controversial ballot initiative passed in 2014 that turned some nonviolent felonies into misdemeanors.
July 10, 2024
Lawmakers have worked all year on bills to crack down on retail theft while trying to avoid criminalizing poor Californians if they steal necessities.
June 21, 2024
California Democrats plan to pass a package of needed legislation to stem the splurge of retail thefts, from petty shoplifting to professional smash-and-grab robberies. But some in the party cynically intend to insert a “poison pill.”
June 17, 2024
Four relatives were arrested on suspicion of stealing high-end perfumes from major retailers since December. Police were still searching for another suspect.
World & Nation
A court in Russia has convicted a visiting American soldier of stealing and making threats of murder and sentenced him to prison.
June 19, 2024
Politics
Why do Democrats want to kill their own bills? California legislators (and lots of big-money backers) are in a brutal fight over how the state should handle the separate but related crises of homelessness, addiction and theft.
June 13, 2024
Letters to the Editor
A reader who oversaw construction of Metro Blue Line in the 1980s sought help from then-Mayor Tom Bradley to thwart copper wire thieves.
Police arrested two people in a series of Lego thefts from stores in Southern California. More than 2,800 boxes of the toys were seized at one suspect’s home.
June 7, 2024
A court in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok has begun the trial of an American soldier arrested earlier this year on charges of stealing.
June 6, 2024