San Joaquin County Crime & Justice Digest

At many universities across the country, graduation for the Class of 2024 will feel more like making it through airport security than a procession through a free-flowing campus green or a cheering stadium crowd.

There are questions over the arrest of Stockton Unified trustee AngelAnn Flores.

The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has charged three East Bay police officers with involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 death of 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez.

Alejandro N. Mayorkas, a Cuban immigrant who grew up in California, is the first U.S. Cabinet official impeached in nearly 150 years.

A majority of the guns found were loaded, according to the TSA.

Thirty years after prisoners with disabilities sued the state of California and 25 years after a federal court first ordered accommodations, a judge found that state prison and parole officials still are not doing enough to help deaf and blind prisoners.

A judge ruled GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene can move forward with their lawsuit against two California cities where rallies were canceled.

California prison officials announced they will move the last 457 condemned prisoners out of San Quentin's death row by summer. They will be transferred to other state prisons and housed in the general population.

After receiving bipartisan support, California Senate Bill 400, legislation intended to increase law enforcement transparency, was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Proposition E broadens police surveillance powers and Proposition F mandates drug screening and treatment for people receiving county welfare benefits who are suspected of drug use.

A report of a 12 month study which ended in February indicates almost half of those cited for drug usage were not residents of the city, leading to questions about city approaches to drug addiction.

In his decision, a judge agreed that the alleged white nationalists were being selectively prosecuted instead of 'far-left extremist groups, such as Antifa.'

License plates are getting stolen from vehicles, Livermore officials say.

In April, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that could reshape how cities manage homelessness. The legal issue is whether they can fine or arrest people for sleeping outside if there’s no shelter available.

Attorney General Rob Bonta announced charges against the ringleader of an organized retail crime scheme that involved $8 million worth of beauty products.

A clinical laboratory with locations all over the world—including Lodi—has been ordered to pay nearly $5 million in damages after an investigation found the company unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste and patient data.

Commercial beekeeper Andrew Strehlow estimates he’s had 1,000 hives stolen over the years. The latest theft, of 96 hives from a Fresno County orchard, was his last straw.

Assemblyman Carlos Villapudua has introduced a bill to help crack down on the fentanyl crisis plaguing California.

Beehives, tractors and more are getting stolen from farmers.

Photo enforcement of traffic signal violations will be coming to Tracy soon, following a unanimous vote by the Tracy City Council to authorize the use of cameras.

California’s law that requires background checks when purchasing ammunition is back in place.

The San Joaquin County Sideshow Taskforce infiltrated the organizers and determined where the event would be happening. When law enforcement arrived, officers were able to contain the intersection and stabilize the area.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is increasing state police presence in Oakland under a new law enforcement campaign to target rising violent crime and theft.

As Jay D. Aronson and Dr. Roger A. Mitchell explore in their book “Death in Custody,” that lack of data is a national problem.

The ex-professor pleaded guilty to multiple arson charges in court.

In the first year of California’s Feather Alert system, authorities denied some requests to issue bulletins on missing people, causing concerns.

Nearly a dozen incarcerated men became the first class to graduate from the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office MC3 Jail Apprenticeship program.

Among growing concern over copper wire thefts, L.A. City Councilmembers Kevin de León and Traci Park proposed a task force anchored by the LAPD.

The proposed bill would require new California cars to have a speed limiter.

An El Dorado County Jail inmate died after not receiving vital HIV medication for weeks, a new lawsuit claims.

Thirty-five years after a gunman opened fire at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, survivors are still dealing with and healing from the physical and emotional scars.

An auto burglary trend shows that thieves are targeting travelers.