The damages amount to almost a third of the department’s budget, and nearly 15 percent of the National City’s general fund.

Scott Sanders, who shook up the Orange County justice system by challenging the use of jailhouse informants and unearthing a scandal that has impacted dozens of cases — including that of the worst ...

Five men accused of laundering money on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel were charged in a pair of grand jury indictments ...