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Ordinance to Fight Crime, Drug Usage In Tenderloin District Passed By SF Supervisors

July 12, 2024 2:30 amJuly 12, 2024 2:31 am

A new pilot program that will ban all businesses excluding restaurants and bars from operating between 12 A.M. and 5 A.M. in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District was approved by the Board of Supervisors earlier this week, with supporters saying that...

Gov. Gavin Newsom, California Highway Patrol Announce 167% Increase In Retail Theft Arrests

June 18, 2024 12:54 pmJune 18, 2024 2:07 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that the California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) Organized Retail Crime Taskforce (ORCTF) has made 636 arrests and recovered 216,754 stolen goods valued at nearly $5.7 million since January when tackling retail theft, with increased efforts...

Bill to Ban E-Bike Speed Capacity Devices Moves Up In Legislature

June 17, 2024 12:20 pmJune 17, 2024 12:20 pm

A bill that would ban the selling of devices or products that can modify the speed capacity for an electric bike (e-bike) continued to gain steam in the state legislature in the past week, with the bill even moving past...

50 Arrested At UC Irvine As Police Break Up Encampment, Retake Building From Protestors

May 16, 2024 7:07 pmMay 16, 2024 7:09 pm

Police at University of California at Irvine arrested 50 Pro-Palestinian protestors on Wednesday following the University declaring that the protest has gone “violent”, with law enforcement also breaking up the encampment on campus and retaking as building that protestors had...

UCLA Pro-Palestinian Protest: More Than 200 Arrested, Encampment Removed By Police

May 2, 2024 5:56 pmMay 2, 2024 5:56 pm

The Pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the campus of UCLA was removed in the early hours of the morning on Thursday, with police coming in and arrested hundreds of protestors, while more than 300 others voluntarily left. Until Thursday morning, UCLA...

Governor Newsom Announces 480 Vehicle Recognition Cameras in Oakland, East Bay

March 29, 2024 11:05 amMarch 29, 2024 11:06 am

In a statement on Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the California Highway Patrol (CHP) will install a network of approximately 480 cameras that identify license plates and other car features in the City of Oakland and on state freeways...

Bill to Ban E-Bikes for Under Age 12 Gains Steam In The Assembly

February 15, 2024 2:30 amFebruary 15, 2024 2:31 am

A bill to ban e-bike usage for Californians under the age of 12, and require a special e-bike license for those over 12 without a driver’s license, gained momentum in the Assembly this week from an increasing number of groups...