California is experiencing a wave of crime despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s claims of a decrease during the past three decades, officials say. “You’ve got violent crime off the charts,” Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert told The Epoch Times. “You’ve got this tsunami of things that are happening. Violent crime, illegal guns, [and] rampant…

California is experiencing a wave of crime despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s claims of a decrease during the past three decades, officials say. “You’ve got violent crime off the charts,” Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert told The Epoch Times. “You’ve got this tsunami of things that are happening. Violent crime, illegal guns, [and] rampant…

The city of Oakland saw a wave of violence over the Independence Day holiday weekend, said an official from the California city east of San Francisco. Chief LeRonne Armstrong said that the Oakland Police department had to take action on seven shooting incidents in their area from Sunday night to Monday morning. “It was 12…

A television news crew in Oakland, California, was held up by armed robbers while interviewing the city’s director of violence prevention on steps of the City Hall, just hours after the police chief warned of a surge in crime amid law enforcement budget cuts. The incident took place on Monday afternoon, when two suspects approached…

The Oakland City Council approved a budget on June 24 that will redirect $17.4 million from its police department to other programs over the course of two years. The city council voted 7–2 to adopt the plan that would cut $17 million from the police department and direct the funds instead to a violence prevention…

At least one person died and several were wounded during a shooting near the Juneteenth Festival in Oakland, California, on Saturday, police said. Oakland Police Department officers were already in the vicinity of the shooting—reported after 6 p.m. local time—as they were providing resources in the area after a crowd of about 1,000 people gathered in…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday was assaulted as he visited a pizza parlor in Oakland. “This morning, the Governor was approached by an aggressive individual. Members of the Governor’s security detail removed the Governor from the situation and the individual was arrested by CHP officers,” the California Highway Patrol, which helps protect the governor,…

Commentary  Three California regions were among 10 throughout the nation that fell most significantly in a recent ranking of 200 large metropolitan areas. The areas around Salinas, Santa Cruz and Oakland were among the regions that plunged furthest in The Milken Institute’s annual report. The “wooden spoon” went to Salinas in the central agricultural valley,…

The mayor of Oakland, California, on Tuesday announced a privately funded program that will give low-income families of color $500 per month in a trial program similar to the “universal basic income” idea that gained national attention when proposed by former presidential candidate Andrew Yang. Under the 18-month long pilot that is to be up…

OAKLAND, Calif.—Police are stepping up their patrols and volunteers are increasing their street presence after several violent attacks on older Asians stoked fear in San Francisco Bay Area Chinatowns and subdued the celebratory mood leading up to Lunar New Year. City officials also have visited Chinatowns in San Francisco and Oakland this week to address…