The Government has been told to stop using the term “shoplifting” to describe theft from the high street, as peers warn it ...

California voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday seeking harsher punishment for retail crimes including shoplifting and ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters were deciding on 10 ballot measures including one that would turn some nonviolent ...

Californians on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted for Proposition 36, a ballot measure that strengthens penalties for people who ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Anger over retail theft drives California voters to make certain shoplifting crimes felonies again.

San Francisco police officers arrested 20 people for allegedly shoplifting last month in coordinated operations, according ...

Anger over retail theft drives California voters to make certain shoplifting crimes felonies again.

A man accused of traveling the country and stealing products from home improvement stores before returning them for money was ...

Californians overwhelmingly passed Proposition 36 — which increases the penalties for certain theft and drug crimes.

By Nigel Duara and Joe Garcia From their phones and their television screens and sometimes out their windows, Californians saw their state change quickly in the pandemic. Homelessness grew then and ...

He said this was because “shoplifting” was still viewed as ... months of warnings from shops over soaring incidents of theft, with retail crime rates at their highest level on record.