The main study by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) shows Kern County has filed the most cases per 100,000 ...

Asurvey by the Public Policy Institute of Californiafound that Kern County has filed more Proposition 36 cases per capita ...

A large group of teenagers on bikes were caught on cellphone cameras looting a Ralphs, releasing pepper spray in the Los ...

Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer announced Friday her office has secured its first jury-trial felony convictions under Proposition 36, the new state law that increases penalties for people ...

Since Proposition 36 passed last November and went into effect in December, local law enforcement has begun to crack down on ...

Police and prosecutors throughout the region say they now have tools available to help fight criminals who prey on businesses ...

Orange County drug dealer James Lee Studdert’s rap sheet is 97 pages long. In just the last five years, 54-year-old Studdert has racked up 86 prior drug convictions. Studdert has five prior ...

The county reports the jail is now filling up due to Proposition 36 — which made serial theft and drug crimes into felonies — and that up to 40% of its inmates are so mentally ill they require ...

Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer announced Friday her office has secured its first jury-trial felony convictions under Proposition 36, the new state law that increases penalties for ...