“Post-COVID, retail theft surged across California. In some jurisdictions, it’s become so normalized that it’s barely reported, let alone prosecuted,” the department said.

Across Southern California, law enforcement agencies have been ramping up retail theft operations, either establishing new task forces or expanding existing ones to combat such crimes. As a result ...

California is stepping up its game to head off perpetrators of organized retail theft and cargo theft, whose schemes are becoming increasingly sophisticated and brazen. Attorney General Rob Bonta ...