Fresno, California - Michael Vincent Alvarez, 32, of Fresno, was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for striking Air-1, a Fresno Police Department helicopter, with a powerful green laser beam, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.

San Francisco, California - Five real estate investors were sentenced for their role in a conspiracy to rig bids, in violation of the antitrust laws, at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced.

Sacramento, California - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued the following statement in response to Governor Brown’s 2018-2019 revised state budget proposal:

Sacramento, California - This research project is directed at understanding influences and grower decisions about the adoption of improved nitrogen management practices.

Sacramento, California - Leading a coalition of 10 Attorneys General, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) opposing a proposal that would end the collection of data related to violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning (LGBTQ) youth.

Sacramento, California - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, working with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), uncovered more than two thousand computers and other electronic devices infected by malicious software (malware). Attorney General Becerra announced today that the California Department of Justice sent letters to communication service providers encouraging companies to inform customers with identified Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that their devices may contain the malware. The finding stems from a cyberattack that occurred in March 2018. Malware attacks involve the installation of unwelcome software without the user’s consent. The impacted devices receive and obey commands from an outside common source.