Frank Stoltze
I came to L.A. as a very young reporter on New Year’s Day, 1991. Two months later, four LAPD officers were caught on videotape beating Rodney King. A year later, the night before the riots/rebellion broke out, I was in the Nickerson Gardens housing project in Watts at an extraordinary rally of rival gangs that had brokered a truce.
Today, I cover Civics and Democracy in L.A. As we face perhaps the greatest threat to democracy since the Civil War, I seek to engage with communities and examine the hurdles to becoming involved in the political process. I cover the various social and political movements seeking to improve the lives of Angelenos. I also cover anti-democratic forces.
And after all these years, I still need to figure out the best donut shop in L.A. The best torta. The best (not fanciest) coffee. Best of all I get to meet the smartest, most interesting people and bring their voices to you.
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Andrew Cachu was 17 when he killed Louis Amela in 2015. The Amel family's lawyer says his relatives feel "betrayed" by the DA. -
This is the first trial of an L.A. County law enforcement officer in more than two decades.
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The sheriff based his claim largely on the fact that nearly half of his deputies have either stated they are not vaccinated or have so far refused to reveal whether they are. But there's no indication those deputies will end up defying the county’s vaccine mandate en masse and leave or be fired.
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He was charged three years ago for the 2016 killing of an unarmed motorist at a Norwalk gas station.
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Sheriff Alex Villanueva claims he could lose up to 44% of his workforce, which he says would cause an “imminent threat to public safety.”
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It's one of the largest awards ever in L.A. County involving an off-duty police officer who killed someone.
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LAist learned this statistic after making a request for data from the city of Beverly Hills following a class-action lawsuit that claimed police their engage in a pattern of racial discrimination.
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Rob Bonta said Sheriff Chad Bianco's "concerning" remarks are under review by his office.
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Federal prosecutors allege that when Ridley-Thomas was an L.A. County Supervisor he backed county contracts and lucrative contract amendments while one of his relatives got substantial benefits from USC in exchange.
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Matt Rodriguez says Alex Villanueva has “emboldened" a violent deputy clique and he chastised the sheriff for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission to talk about so-called "subgroups."
