The state of California maintains a list of areas designated as disasters and where price gouging is illegal under the statute Penal Code 396. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Jason Oppenheim, star of Netflix's "Selling Sunset," has accused Los Angeles landlords of illegally price gouging rental rates amid the city's devastating fires. In an interview with the BBC's ...

and it is shameful to see such a blatant attack on our company and the false allegations that we are price gouging military families,” Jennifer Bowcock, senior vice president of Communications ...

As thousands of Californians flee the ongoing Palisades and Eaton fires in Southern California, authorities are cracking down on potential price gouging. Under California Penal Code 396(c ...

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed new price-gouging charges against a real estate agent accused of trying to rent a Glendale home for more than 50% above the property’s listed rent ...

Los Angeles landlords are being accused of price gouging, but some say they’re just keeping up with the demand from desperate, deep-pocketed people who are making over-the-top offers in order to ...

Rent gouging is understood as the practice of setting rent prices too high or raising rent to an “unconscionable price.” According to the State of California Department of Justice ...

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta on Saturday warned landlords that price-gouging rules in effect because of the Los Angeles County fires apply even in cases where bidding wars break out over their ...

LA County DA Nathan Hochman says he's aware of price gouging and scams and is investigating those reports. Trump's pick for Pentagon chief says troops forced out of the military over the COVID ...