Rina Palta
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The Victims Compensation Program awarded two grants to groups in Los Angeles County Thursday to bring medical and mental health services to crime victims. -
Five indictments involving 18 deputies sparked questions over how to effectively oversee the department that runs the largest jail system in the United States. -
Los Angeles County social workers strike citing high caseloads, first strike of its kind in a decadeL.A. County social workers say their strike was a last resort after petitioning for months for lower caseloads. Officials say they're already hiring more social workers. -
The union representing about 4,000 social workers in LA County says the county won't hire more employees to deal with under-staffing and unmanageable caseloads. -
Negotiations have broken down, at least temporarily, between county executives and the union representing county child welfare workers.
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A pair of researchers say the transformation of an L.A. youth camp could set a new paradigm for juvenile justice in the county.
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Child welfare workers staged a protest outside the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors a day before the social workers' union returns to contract talks with the county.
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Amid a growing homeless population and dwindling resources, L.A.'s winter shelters open Sunday for the rainier, colder winter season. -
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Justin Cham is tasked with easing the transition for employees serving military deployments. On Thanksgiving, that means food. -
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved the payout to Dion Starr, who was an inmate in Men's Central Jail in 2006.
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