A Novato man has been arrested on allegations he possessed more than 1,600 images of child sexual abuse, police said. John Ramirez, 20, is accused of possessing pornographic material depicting ...

Authorities say the boy was riding in the back seat when his father’s car crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with ...

Four months after The Imprint asked for data on adoptees sent out of state for residential care, officials abruptly halted ...

San Francisco Supervisor Bilal Mahmood has requested a hearing to investigate the private prison corporation operating a reentry facility at 111 Taylor Street, following the recent death of a city ...

At least 1,000 lawsuits against California school districts and counties stemming from AB 218, a sexual abuse reform law that ...

A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Sacramento man to 25 years in prison for producing and possessing child pornography, a ...

California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado and Washington are part of a 20-state coalition suing the Trump administration over restricting access to health, education and social service programs.

Reproductive health privacy is once again in the legal spotlight with a recent federal district court decision that struck down nearly all of a ...

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A Sacramento man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for producing and possessing child sexual abuse material.

A Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent has been indicted on felony charges, the latest in a series of sexual-misconduct convictions or charges against Customs and Border Protection employees in Arizona.

The home of Silvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan is seen on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Arcadia, Calif., where a number of children ...