(The Center Square) – The Public Policy Institute of California’s analysis of 2023 crime statistics show that most crime categories are up significantly compared to 2019 pre-pandemic levels, including ...

California’s radical trends demand new thinking about crime. Yet state leaders still debate crime like it’s 1990 or 1970. “California suffers rising crime ”? “More incar ...

California recorded its second-lowest homicide rate since at least 1966 in 2024, as nearly every major crime category declined across the state, according to new data released by the California ...

4/18/25 (LAPost.com) — California crime rates fell in 2024, with both violent and property offenses showing notable declines, according to preliminary data released by state officials. An analysis by ...

Crime was down in 2024 in every major category except shoplifting in California. People who support public safety said it's because of police strategies and investments. Those on the left say the ...

A federal judge in California has temporarily blocked the U.S. government from detaining and deporting certain immigrant ...

Sitting on bench seats in a retrofitted old hearse, stuck in quintessentially choked Los Angeles highway traffic, I listened to a woman narrate the macabre details of an 80-year-old murder. The guide, ...

Wild West Guitars is pleading for help recovering the guitars, two of which were made to commemorate its 25th anniversary ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Ruby Marichalar didn’t have the money to pay for her son’s funeral after he was stabbed to death in September 2012.

Bakersfield, it seems, has all the key ingredients to be the new epicenter of California noir. It’s a city suspended in time as other metros have mowed their landmarks down and moved on. It’s cast in ...

Will Carl’s Jr. rebound to its former glory in its birthplace as a flagbearer for Californian burger culture or recede into irrelevance?