have proposed legislation to make looting during a local emergency a felony punishable with a state prison sentence. It would also classify looting as a strike under California’s Three Strikes Law and ...

California — California lawmakers have introduced a new bill aimed at strengthening penalties for looting and impersonating emergency personnel during wildfires and other emergencies.

A group of state lawmakers, including Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, have authored proposed legislation that would toughen laws governing looting and other crimes during emergencies. The effort came ...

In one instance during the 2017 Thomas Fire, thieves targeted evacuated families' vehicles in Oxnard, but prosecutors couldn't charge them under looting statutes because the vehicles were unlocked.

A group of California lawmakers ... Under current statutes, looting during a state of emergency is treated as a misdemeanor, carrying a maximum penalty of one year in county jail with no option ...

"Potential for significant rain amounts and higher elevation snow during this event ... This comes after more than 30 looting arrests were made by the LA County Sheriff's Department.

A second storm has made its way to Southern California, bringing rain to Los Angeles and prompting ... in urban areas like what occurred during the Palisades and Eaton firestorms.

Tuesday, 7:42 a.m. PSTNational Weather Service meteorologist Ryan Kittell told the Los Angeles Times the Los Angeles Basin would have needed to receive two to four inches of rain during its storm ...

Horvath said the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department and California Department of Transportation would also monitor the area for roadway hazards during next week’s rains. It could rain for many ...