Eight suspects have been arrested for allegedly stealing about $1 million worth of merchandise primarily from Apple stores, state Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Feb. 9. The alleged retail theft operation occurred between August 2022 and January 2023—in several counties across the state, including Yolo, Monterey, Alameda, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Orange,…

Eight suspects have been arrested for allegedly stealing about $1 million worth of merchandise primarily from Apple stores, state Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Feb. 9. The alleged retail theft operation occurred between August 2022 and January 2023—in several counties across the state, including Yolo, Monterey, Alameda, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Orange,…

An Upland, California, resident spied on his Ring doorbell security cam an uninvited guest skulking, in broad daylight, just inside the gate of his front yard. The “guest” was a burly black bear that had roamed onto Joshua Morgan’s property on Sierra Drive; when suddenly he saw an Amazon delivery driver arrive outside the gate…

Assembly Bill 1627 by Assemblyman James Ramos (D-Highland) would create a pilot program to teach participants—like mothers, fathers, and friends, for example—how to administer naloxone during an opioid overdose. “The loved ones of those who have fallen to fentanyl want to know we are doing all we can to end this plague,” Ramos said in…

State Assemblymember James Ramos (D-Highland) has introduced a proposal that would create a pilot program to teach participants—such as mothers, fathers, and friends, for example—how to administer the lifesaving treatment naloxone during an opioid overdose. “The loved ones of those who have fallen to fentanyl want to know we are doing all we can to…

Police arrested a 35-year-old convicted felon Dec. 29 after he allegedly kidnapped an 18-year-old woman at gunpoint from a hotel in Santa Ana, California. Santa Ana Police Department detectives tracked down the suspect—using hotel surveillance footage and witness descriptions—to his residence in Victorville. “They staked his residence out and then when he left, they pulled…