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Two people arrested at Los Gatos grocery stores on suspicion of petty theft
3+ hour, 53+ min ago (282+ words) VANDALISM: 11: 26 a. m. at Safeway on North Santa Cruz Avenue. A woman opened the door to her black Jaguar SUV into a man's gray Toyota Tacoma and damaged it. The man told the woman of the damage, but she ignored him and…...
Santa Cruz man gets probation for selling fentanyl to "unhoused addicts" outside shelter
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (195+ words) OAKLAND " A Santa Cruz man has avoided jail for parking his van outside of a homeless shelter and selling fentanyl to its residents, crimes he blamed on "poor judgment and unhealthy influences." The drugs were also laced with "tranq," a…...
Suspect extradited from Southeast Asia in alleged 2016 hit job that killed wrong man in San Jose
1+ week, 3+ day ago (558+ words) SAN JOSE " A South Korean man wanted in two unsolved California murder cases from the past decade " one of them being an allegedly botched murder-for-hire plot that killed the wrong man in San Jose in 2016 " is now in a South…...
Federal officials say California mayor's encounter with ICE agent was "interference' with immigration probe
1+ week, 4+ day ago (626+ words) Federal immigration enforcement officials on Thursday called Whittier Mayor James Becerra's questioning an ICE agent outside the city library on Wednesday a "spectacle" he instigated for media attention, and accused him of interfering with a federal law enforcement investigation. Brenda…...
California cops were joking around with loaded guns when one officer shot, seriously injured another, chief says
1+ week, 4+ day ago (183+ words) A Pasadena police officer was seriously injured last year after multiple officers were messing around with loaded guns before their shifts, ending in a shooting in the department's parking structure, according to video released Wednesday, June 10. Mobile phone video shows…...
Riverside city workers harassed immigrant vendors, 2025 investigation report says
1+ week, 6+ day ago (650+ words) A 2025 investigation report commissioned by the city of Riverside into two code enforcement officers accused them of targeting immigrant vendors for years. City officials contracted Nevins Professional Investigations on March 26, 2025 and the report was later available through the city's public…...
California cop charged with causing e-bike rider's death during pursuit
2+ week, 4+ day ago (609+ words) An Escondido police officer accused of killing an e-bike rider he was pursuing pleaded not guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge. Officer Jason Ingco, 35, is accused of causing the death of Jacob Illian while driving his patrol car…...
She is only a transient, don't worry about it': California cop failed to act before woman was found in ditch, investigators say
2+ week, 5+ day ago (722+ words) An unidentified sheriff's deputy violated department policy by failing to respond to a request for help for Irma Espinoza, a 43-year-old homeless woman who died after being left in a ditch, even after a good Samaritan repeatedly called the Sheriff's…...
California businessman accused of smuggling more than 250 metric tons of networking equipment into Iran
2+ week, 5+ day ago (485+ words) A Newport Coast resident with U. S. and Iranian citizenship who runs a technology company was arrested Wednesday, June 3 by federal law enforcement after prosecutors accused him of violating U. S. sanctions against Iran by smuggling sensitive computer equipment into that country, using proceeds…...
Police say man barricaded himself inside bank building with others in Bakersfield
2+ week, 6+ day ago (215+ words) Officers responding to a call of a bomb threat arrived at the scene around 1 p. m. at the Chase Bank building in downtown Bakersfield, and discovered a man had barricaded himself inside "with several community members," the Bakersfield Police Department said in…...