The family of Karim Talib, an 82-year-old man with dementia who died this year in the San Diego Central Jail, says in a new ...

A sheriff who is a leading candidate for governor of California hid the causes of a mounting epidemic of jail deaths behind a culture of cover-up and retaliation, a former captain in the department ...

A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of 38 current and former inmates in Los Angeles County’s women’s jail claims male staff ...

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced a state lawsuit Monday over conditions in the Los Angeles County jails. Bonta’s office said 36 deaths have been reported so far in the jails this year, about ...

Joseph Bolduc, Jr., of Yuba City was arrested by Yuba City police about 10:45 a.m. Dec. 24 at Sam Brannan Park and booked at the Sutter County jail on charges of violation of parole, disorderly ...

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. -- Authorities in California are searching for six inmates who accessed a 20-foot high roof and escaped from the Merced County Jail Saturday night. "They used that makeshift rope ...

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who's now a leading candidate for governor of California, hid the causes of a mounting epidemic of jail deaths behind a culture of cover-up and retaliation, a ...

Prominent California rock climber Lonnie Kauk has been sentenced to six months in jail for a 2023 attack on his former ...

A Southern California sheriff’s department is sending a message to the community following two incidents involving white department vehicles that it says were “targeted” after being mistaken for ...

A Northern California man is set to serve jail time after being convicted of a hate crime against a local news reporter. • ...