Deputy Breaking News Editor

Michael McLaughlin

Law enforcement agencies target dealing and other illegal vending in Jefferson Square.

Eduardo Rosales-Silva faces more than eight years in a California prison for possessing of a slew of drugs, including fentanyl.

Black leaders are calling on the city to include them in devising a plan to combat fentanyl.

The system’s ridership has lagged since the pandemic, with riders citing safety and homelessness as major issues. 

California prisons are making Narcan widely available and reevaluating substance use disorder treatments as drug overdose deaths grow.