UCLA hires LAPD Cmdr. Steve Lurie to lead safety overhaul following protest violence
UCLA has hired a 27-year LAPD veteran and top commanding officer to lead its eight-month-old Office of Campus Safety created ...
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Jan. 6 rioters freed by Trump include Californians, those who assaulted officers
Federal prosecutors described David Dempsey as “one of the most violent rioters” during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the ...
Families of Monterey Park shooting victims sue gunman’s estate, studio where attack took place
Relatives of four victims of a Monterey Park shooting are suing the gunman’s estate and the dance studio where the ...
He pulled up to Palisades fire with a fire engine and an offer to help. It was fake, police say
The firetruck pulled up to a checkpoint Saturday morning near where emergency workers were sifting through the wreckage caused by ...
Prop. 36 drug and theft felonies to force millions in state cuts, projection shows
SACRAMENTO — After last year’s passage of Proposition 36 — a ballot measure that allows more theft and drug crimes to ...
Spade tattoo revealed in L.A. deputy’s plea revives questions about Lakewood station gang
Two years ago, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department internal investigators learned about a group of Lakewood station deputies who shared ...
‘Dead girls don’t talk’: Alleged rapist left drugged L.A. women to die, witness testifies
Michael Ansbach said he had been snorting cocaine with David Pearce for hours, but he knew something was wrong with ...
Brad Pitt’s team reminds fans he’s not on social media after a woman gets big-time scammed
Brad Pitt’s representatives have responded to reports about a French woman allegedly being scammed out of more than $800,000 by ...
Ex-Oakland mayor, boyfriend, waste company execs indicted in sprawling corruption probe
Federal officials announced Friday that they have indicted former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao on bribery charges, along with her longtime ...
Mexican Mafia leader offered to ensure protection for El Chapo in U.S. prison, feds say
In 1989, Ronaldo Ayala was sentenced to death for murdering three men in a San Diego auto repair shop. Instead ...
