Opioid Epidemic

An Antioch man has been arrested on felony child endangerment charges, after his 2-year-old child overdosed on fentanyl, police said.

A group of San Francisco supervisors are pushing for legal safe drug consumption sites to reduce the amount of overdoses. But Mayor London Breed says the sites face legal obstacles.

A coalition of San Francisco supervisors and health advocates will hold a news conference on Tuesday to announce plans to fast-track wellness hubs that would include safe-consumption sites in the wake of the Tenderloin Center's closure. 

An alleged fentanyl dealer has been charged with murder in the overdose death of a man who he sold the drugs to, prosecutors said.

A man under the influence of drugs was arrested and given multiple charges after police discovered $110,000 worth of fentanyl in his vehicle on an Oakland freeway, police said.

A San Francisco father said his son is recovering after accidentally ingesting fentanyl at a public park.

Authorities announced a large seizure of fentanyl pills during a traffic stop in Placer County.

A student at a SoCal high school was revived Thursday after she stopped breathing after apparently taking a pill laced with fentanyl, authorities said.

As Halloween approaches, local police departments are warning about what's known as ‘rainbow’ fentanyl. It's the dangerous opioid make in bright-colored powders and pills, and it's even being transferred in candy containers sometimes. 

The parents of a toddler who was poisoned by ingesting fentanyl in Northern California were arrested on child endangerment charges, authorities said.

Nearly eight pounds of fentanyl was seized in San Francisco by officers during an arrest of a suspected drug dealer.

“Let’s be clear: Selling drugs is not legal. Using drugs out in the open is completely unacceptable,” Breed said. “There needs to be consequences, for the seniors, for the immigrants, for the kids who are trying to just live their lives.”

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is taking a tougher approach to the city's drug crisis.

A 57-year-old San Francisco police sergeant has pleaded no contest to felony charges for robbing a Rite Aid pharmacy in San Mateo of painkillers last year, prosecutors said.

Santa Clara County says that over a dozen people living on the streets died this month, most of them in San Jose. County officials say a lack of housing, drug use and other health issues are contributing to the increase in deaths.

While the San Francisco mayor and district attorney have been looking at ways to crackdown on rampant drug dealing and use in the Tenderloin neighborhood, the district's supervisor is taking a different approach.