Experts predict crime to stay low as communities hunker down to stop the spread of coronavirus.

State water regulators remind the public that items used to clean surfaces to prevent coronavirus spread should be put in the trash, not the toilet.

The 64-year-old Midway woman was sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to 222 felony counts.

L.A. will pay up to $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit from a police detective who said she was assaulted, abused and blackmailed by a fellow officer.

A 64-year-old retired school clerk pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 14 years in prison for embezzling more than $709,000 from the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District while working in a billing office at Esperanza High School in Anaheim, according to records obtained Tuesday, March 17. Cynthia Marie Campbell pleaded guilty Friday to 222 felony…

More rain and snow is forecast for this week following a late-winter storm that brought a dusting of snow to Southern California mountains and scattered rainfall to lower elevations Tuesday, March 17, the National Weather Service said. Another storm is expected Wednesday, with an early-morning winter weather advisory for Riverside and San Bernardino County mountains…

SACRAMENTO — The California state prison system is suspending rehabilitation programs, postponing parole hearings, and halting all out-of-state transfers, the latest in a slew of restrictions that have come in response to concerns over COVID-19. Starting on Tuesday, the prisons stopped classes, rehabilitation programs, and group events, such as anger management, and barred anyone who…

Police departments throughout Southern California are making changes to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, including closing their station doors and encouraging online requests for service. While many say they will keep responding in person to crimes in progress, agencies are encouraging those who can report less urgent matters or service requests to…

Visiting at Orange County jails, including programs for inmates within the facilities, has been suspended until March 27 amid concerns about the spreading of the novel coronavirus, sheriff’s officials announced Monday. Although the jail facilities don’t have contact visits, sheriff’s officials say the gathering of visitors is a concern based on how the virus spreads….

The Orange County sheriff is also reducing the circumstances of taking in-person police reports and suspending visits to jails.