No signs of California National Guard in San Francisco to tackle fentanyl crisis
It seemed like more of the same Thursday in San Francisco's Tenderloin, less than a week after Gov. Newsom announced he's bringing in the California National Guard to help dismantle fentanyl trafficking.
Newsom sending National Guard to San Francisco to disrupt fentanyl trafficking
San Francisco has struggled to stem its fentanyl crisis, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to direct the state National Guard and California Highway Patrol to join the city's efforts to fight fentanyl trafficking.
Poodle revived with Narcan after being found unconscious next to owner in Kensington: SPCA
Toodles, a tiny poodle, was revived with Narcan after he and his owner were found unresponsive on a Philadelphia street, according to the Pennsylvania SPCA. Officials say he has miraculously made a full recovery.
Former doctor to serve prison sentence after teen overdoses
A former pain management doctor in Santa Rosa was sentenced to 30 months in prison for prescribing dangerous controlled substances to a 17-year-old patient who later fatally overdosed, announced the U.S. Department of Justice.
Suspected drug dealer arrested after sale leads to overdose death
A 31-year-old man was arrested Friday in Monterey for allegedly selling suspected fentanyl that someone overdosed on last month in Seaside, police said.
SJ police chief statement on arrest of SJPOA exec accused of drug trafficking
San Jose Police Chief Anthony Mata released a statement Saturday on the recent arrest of Joanne Segovia, the former executive with the San Jose Police Officers Association, who is accused of distributing fentanyl.
Police union sacks San Jose executive director accused of drug trafficking
The San Jose Police Officers' Association said it has terminated its civilian executive director following an internal investigation into federal drug charges against her.
Activists want more accountability for San Jose POA after exec charged in drug probe
On Wednesday, multiple groups, including the NAACP, called on the city of San Jose to stop negotiating with the Police Officers Association and to conduct an independent investigation into Joanne Segovia’s drug charges.
Santa Clara County records first death due to 'tranq'
Authorities on Monday confirmed the first death in Santa Clara County attributed to a dangerous animal tranquilizer that is increasingly mixed with opioids like fentanyl and heroin.
SJ POA exec left court on fentanyl distribution charges in silence
Joanne Segovia, a San Jose Police union executive, accused of running a importing and distributing fentanyl, was released from jail on Friday without bail.
Feds charge San Jose police union executive as hub in Fentanyl distribution ring
Federal agents charge exec. director of San Jose police union with importing and distributing Fentanyl locally, nationally, and internationally.
San Jose police union executive charged with distributing opioids
The executive director of the San Jose Police Officer's Association was charged with distributing opioids, according to federal officials.
Mexican president says lack of hugs caused US fentanyl crisis
On Friday, Mexico's president Andrés Manuel López Obrador told a morning news briefing that the problem was caused by “a lack of hugs, of embraces.”
New street drug 'tranq dope,' rots skin, turns humans into 'zombies'
'Tranq dope,' a mixture of fentanyl and Xylazine, is causing overdoses in major cities like Philly.
SF's sanctuary city policy under threat of erosion, some say; board to consider changes
Political leaders are debating the future of San Francisco's sanctuary city policies. Supervisors are debating reaffirming the commitment to sanctuary city while one supervisor is asking to carve out dangerous drug dealers.
Feds seek to limit telehealth prescriptions for some drugs
The Biden administration moved Friday to require patients see a doctor in person before getting attention deficit disorder medication or addictive painkillers, toughening access to the drugs against the backdrop of a deepening opioid crisis.
Dealer of fentanyl-laced pills gets 8-year sentence in death of Concord girl
A drug dealer convicted of selling fentanyl-laced pills that resulted in the death of a Concord teen was sentenced to eight years in prison on Thursday.
3 dead, 1 recovering in Gilroy fentanyl poisoning
Three South Bay men died and a fourth was hospitalized after the group ingested drugs laced with fentanyl.
Fentanyl, ghost gun, thousands of dollars found in Oakland home bound for Tenderloin
San Francisco police recovered several pounds of narcotics, thousands of dollars, a ghost gun and additional pieces of evidence in an Oakland home Wednesday evening, officials said. A majority of the narcotics found was fentanyl and was “earmarked" for the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco.
California drug bust: $4 million in narcotics seized by border patrol agents in one day
Border Patrol agents seized nearly 300 pounds of narcotics with an estimated street value of $4 million from three vehicle stops in just one day.