Prison inmates help with this dangerous work but can’t do it after their release.

California legislators came together on Monday to announce bipartisan legislation to strengthen penalties for looting and ...

AB 469 seeks to close loopholes and strengthen sentences for looting and fake first responders in disaster zones.

Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin coauthored proposed legislation that aims to strengthen laws on looting, other matters during fires and other emergencies.

A former Brampton fire captain has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 20 years for killing his ...

Raymond Lee Oyler set a fire that killed five firefighters in 2006. The California Supreme Court will decide if he remains on death row, writes Robin Epley of The Sacramento Bee.

Meki Gaono was 17 when he and two alleged gang members opened fire on Officer Dan Bessant days before Christmas in 2006. He ...

Meki Gaono was 17 when he and two alleged gang members opened fire on Officer Dan Bessant days before Christmas in 2006. He ...

Flames from the Hughes fire came within a mile of the Castaic jails before firefighters pushed them back. Inmate advocates ...

The Ring of Fire is a mineral-rich area in northern Ontario. Ontario is in the midst of a provincial election campaign and ...

A former Ontario fire captain who murdered his wife and left her body inside a burning SUV has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 20 years.