Sacramento, California - The lead defendant in a shoplifting ring that stole over $2.5 million in retail goods and resold them on eBay was sentenced today to seven years in prison, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. A restitution hearing is set for December 1, 2015.

Los Angeles, California - An Australian man, who ran the third largest car dealership in the United States before he fled the country 27 years ago, pleaded guilty late yesterday afternoon to federal charges for bank fraud and lying to banks.

Los Angeles, California - Special agents with the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service have arrested the lead defendant in a bank fraud case, an Inglewood man who allegedly orchestrated a scheme in which Wells Fargo Bank employees stole customer account information, and other conspirators used that information to impersonate customers and steal money from their accounts.

Sacramento, California - California Energy Commission Chair Robert B. Weisenmiller issued the following statement today after Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 (SB 350).

Campo, California - U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a woman and man near Tierra Del Sol Road and State Route 94 yesterday morning who had one illegal alien passenger in their back seat and two illegal aliens locked inside their car trunk.

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills: