A new statewide poll shows that Proposition 36, a ballot measure aimed at rolling back criminal justice reforms from the past decade and instituting harder penalties for theft and drug …
By Eliyahu Kamisher | Bloomberg San Francisco has long celebrated its progressive values and immigration sanctuary policies. A deadly fentanyl crisis is testing its commitment to those ideals. Open-air drug …
Before a Board of Supervisors vote scheduled for Tuesday, San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller urged local leaders to join the growing coalition of elected officials, district attorney offices and …
SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office has added murder to a series of charges filed against a woman whose child died of a potential drug poisoning …
Data published by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics showed the first decrease in U.S. drug overdose deaths since 2018. While headlines are celebrating the news, the devil is …
SANTA CRUZ — Prosecutors have charged three men with federal crimes related to drug possession and distribution amid what the county sheriff is calling a local fentanyl health crisis. The …
Editor’s note: This story was produced for the independent Mosaic Journalism Program for Bay Area high school students, an intensive course in journalism. Students in the program report and photograph …
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week that 5.8 million fentanyl-laced pills were confiscated throughout California by the state’s Counterdrug Task Force in collaboration with local and federal law enforcement agencies. …
Ronnie Cohen | KFF Health News (TNS) Raymond Llano carries a plastic bag with everything he owns in one hand, a cup of coffee in the other, and the flattened …
A woman was charged after U.S. Border Patrol agents allegedly found more than 90 pounds of fentanyl pills in her car along the 10 freeway in Indio, federal prosecutors announced …