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Prosecutors say Israel Claustro headed up a scheme to defraud California’s workers' compensation fund.
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Police say they’re working to de-escalate confrontations with people in crisis, but an LAist investigation found deadly outcomes persist.
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The L.A. County Probation Department says all of the sworn officers were placed on leave this year pending internal affairs investigations into allegations of misconduct or arrests.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom is recommending small cuts to the state prison system, avoiding the closures of additional facilities.
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Mizuhara allegedly stole more than $16 million from the Dodger star. He now faces up to 33 years in prison.
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The first hearings were held this week in a high-profile case stemming from the Orange County informant scandal that has rocked that county's justice system over the past decade.
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The officers are the latest to be temporarily removed from duty while authorities investigate youth-on-youth violence at the Downey facility.
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Guttierez-Reed has been in custody since she was convicted of involuntary manslaughter last month.
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Ippei Mizuhara is accused of stealing more than $16 million from the Dodgers star and faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
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Isaias Cervantes was 25 and experiencing a mental health crisis in March 2021 when the shooting occurred at his home in the east L.A. County city of Cudahy.
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Thieves got away with $30 million in cash from a money storage facility in Los Angeles by breaking into the building on Easter and cracking the safe. Now detectives are seeking to unravel the heist.
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Marijuana legalization was expected to bring the industry out of the shadows. But in some states, the black market is alive and well.
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LASD and LAPD do not transfer people to ICE, but O.C. continues to do so. Immigration advocates say this disproportionately targets the county's Mexican and Vietnamese population.
