Families from across California, including several from the Central Valley, gathered at the State Capitol on Thursday to call for changes to Proposition 57.
Santa Rosa police have arrested a 19-year-old in a suspected gang-related shooting outside the city's Cinco de Mayo Festival, injuring one man and raising renewed concerns about youth gang violence.
San Francisco leaders said "we're at a crisis point" as they announced with community advocates a 24-hour ceasefire to curb gun violence, just hours before a shooting that left one person with life-threatening injuries. The city has had 14 homicides in 2026 compared to four this time last year.
Two teens have been arrested after a shooting that killed 15-year-old Jayda Mabrey, and injured two other youths in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood on Friday evening, police announced Tuesday.
Under current California law, a minor cannot waive their Miranda Rights or speak with law enforcement unless they've consulted with an attorney. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is suggesting, instead, that the law should allow officers to inform minors of their constitutional rights with only an adult guardian present.
Six juveniles and an 18-year-old were arrested in Concord early Sunday after allegedly smashing a glass door and burglarizing the Sunvalley Shopping Center. Police chased four of them in a car before they lost control and crashed.