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Eric Thayer/AP PhotoWorries about retail theft and fentanyl deaths shaped a November ballot measure that would toughen some criminal penalties. Here are the facts about California crime trends. -
Florence Middleton/CalMattersGov. Gavin Newsom signed bills that aim to make it easier to prosecute retail theft. He鈥檚 asking voters to reject a ballot measure that would impose even tougher penalties.
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Top California Democrats announced Sunday they will ask voters to approve a plan cracking down on retail theft. -
Police have arrested a man after a chaotic incident involving a stolen boat, a daring Coast Guard rescue, a dead fish, and the Astoria, Oregon, home featured in the classic 1985 film, 鈥淭he Goonies.鈥� -
Police say 25-year-old Cedrus Jahson King trafficked about $7 million in stolen catalytic converters between October 2021 and December 2022. -
A disproportionate share of catalytic converter thefts happen in California. Here鈥檚 what lawmakers are trying to do about it, and why one law-enforcement backed approach didn鈥檛 make it out of Sacramento.
