Lawsuit blames downed power lines as second ignition point in Palisades fire
A new lawsuit blames part of the catastrophic Palisades fire — the worst in Los Angeles history — on downed power lines from wooden poles snapped in the hurricane-force winds. The suit, filed Monday by...
View ArticleACLU dismisses jailhouse informant lawsuit against OC Sheriff’s Department
The American Civil Liberties Union and a group of community activists have dismissed their 2018 lawsuit accusing the Orange County Sheriff’s Department of continuing to illegally use jailhouse...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Public defender Scott Sanders, who upended OC’s legal landscape, retires...
The scandal that scrambled Orange County’s justice system, upending dozens of murder cases, began late on a Friday night in a legal office that formerly was a morgue. It was April 2012, long past...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Edison vows to underground more power lines in wildfire zones
Southern California Edison on Friday unveiled its preliminary plan to rebuild the utility’s infrastructure in fire-ravaged Altadena and Malibu, saying it will turn to public and private sources to...
View ArticleLADWP argues it can’t be sued for lack of water to fight Palisades fire
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is dusting off a 114-year-old court ruling to argue the utility can’t be sued for not providing enough water to fight the monstrous Pacific Palisades fire...
View Article