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Emily Elena Dugdale
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Former Senior Reporter, Criminal Justice
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L.A. County later paid $3.9 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed after the controversial shooting.
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Valentina Orellana-Peralta said her daughter dying in her arms was “one of the greatest and most profound pains that any human can imagine.”
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Six years ago, Robert Calderon was shot and killed in Pasadena. His is one of several unsolved homicides in Pasadena over the last 10 years that haunt family members.
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Two people who attended the Once Upon A Time In LA concert at Exposition Park said security guards were handing out wristbands without requiring people to show proof of vaccination or a negative test.
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Pasadena will be the first city in L.A. County to use ShotSpotter, which is designed to detect gunfire and dispatch police within seconds. Critics say it stigmatizes neighborhoods of color and can fuel racial profiling.
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Thirteen-year-old Iran Moreno Balvaneda was fatally shot last month while playing video games in his bedroom.
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The department said it has been investigating Maxwell Schroeder since August for "biased and prejudiced remarks in electronic communications with a non-LBPD employee."
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The Pomona Unified School District will place two school resource officers back on high school campuses in a deeply divided community where activists have fought for years to end the contract.
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L.A. County’s Inspector General is looking into allegations of racial discrimination raised by a joint LAist-ProPublica investigation on high school campuses in the Antelope Valley.
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Eddie Gonzalez, the former Long Beach Unified School District school safety officer, shot and killed the 18-year-old Rodriguez last month near Millikan High.
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A data study by Cal State Northridge and Neighborhood Legal Services found that Black Antelope Valley residents made up one-sixth of the population, but they were involved in one-third of all deputy stops.
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The claim alleges that Deputy Daniel Acquilano — the school resource officer at Lancaster High School — body slammed and straddled MiKayla Robinson after she refused to give her phone to him and walked away.