San Bernardino County sheriff’s union seeks to block release of police...
San Bernardino County sheriff’s employees are seeking an emergency order from the California Supreme Court to prohibit law enforcement agencies from retroactively releasing police disciplinary records...
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Born on drugs: Predictions about crack babies didn’t come true, offering hope...
To the courts, she was just a case number. It was impersonal because, at the time, she was one in a long line of “crack babies,” which is what newborns like her were called in 1996. Today, she has a...
View ArticleFirst Amendment advocates enter battle to make police disciplinary files public
A coalition of media groups is formally opposing an effort by a San Bernardino County sheriff’s union to block the release of police disciplinary files under a new transparency law set to take effect...
View ArticleHigh court opens the way for release of police disciplinary records in...
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday batted aside an attempt by a San Bernardino County sheriff’s union to block the release of police disciplinary records under a new law that took effect this...
View ArticleState appellate justice in LA accused of groping and sexually harassing...
A state watchdog agency that investigates and disciplines California judges has charged an appellate justice in Los Angeles with nine counts of sexual harassment and misconduct, including an allegation...
View ArticleLA appellate justice accused of sexual misconduct denies groping fellow jurist
A Los Angeles appellate justice accused of sexual misconduct spanning 20 years accepted responsibility Tuesday for some of his actions, but denied the more serious allegation of squeezing the breasts...
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Is your city financially sick? Irvine boasts highest taxpayer surplus in the...
Shadows from the floor-to-ceiling windows are cast across the floor of the lobby of the Irvine Civic Center in Irvine on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County...
View ArticleCalifornia cities taking cue from attorney general’s decision not to disclose...
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will not release disciplinary records for his investigators under the state’s new transparency law until the courts rule on whether the statute is...
View Article9 hit by accused DUI driver in Fullerton remain hospitalized
Nine people injured when a truck plowed into them in Fullerton early Sunday, Feb. 10, remain hospitalized while police work to determine whether the driver was under the influence of marijuana....
View ArticleJudge poised to unlock LAPD, LA sheriff’s police misconduct records sealed...
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge is poised to strike down challenges to a new state transparency law that requires police agencies to disclose misconduct records. Judge Mitchell Beckloff on...
View ArticleDetails on officer misconduct emerge as departments begin sharing secret...
A San Diego County college police officer quietly left his job in 2016 after he was accused of fondling part-time dispatchers. A veteran Pomona police officer resigned under pressure in 2016 for having...
View ArticleOrange County sheriff’s union loses bid to block release of disciplinary files
An Orange County Superior Court judge has rejected an attempt by the union representing sheriff’s deputies to block the release of disciplinary records under a new state police transparency law. Judge...
View ArticleSupreme Court upholds piece of former Gov. Jerry Brown’s pension reform law
Government workers do not have the inviolable right to buy credit for years of service they haven’t actually worked and thereby boost retirement benefits, the California Supreme Court concluded Monday...
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Gov. Gavin Newsom to halt death penalty despite voter efforts to hasten...
Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign an executive order Wednesday placing a moratorium on the death penalty for all 737 inmates on California’s death row, ensuring that no executions will take place while he is...
View ArticleGov. Gavin Newsom’s death penalty moratorium lauded and lambasted
As workers dismantled California’s apple-green execution chamber Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s death penalty moratorium was criticized as a slap in the face to voters and praised as a strike for...
View ArticleCalifornia news agencies join forces to obtain previously secret records from...
One Los Angeles police officer had sex with a drug addict he met on foot patrol. A San Diego County sheriff’s deputy was linked to a Mexican drug cartel. That same deputy sold erectile dysfunction...
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White lies — and worse — earn pink slips for police officers in Southern...
Former Santa Monica police Officer Kevin McInerney just wanted a cuddly puppy from the city animal shelter — so badly that he told others vying for the dog what seemed like a small lie, that he had a...
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She was murdered 8 years ago, now her husband is friends with her killer’s...
The ink on Paul Wilson’s right arm tells a story of love and loss, of death and redemption. There’s a conch shell for Seal Beach, where his wife of 26 years, Christy, and seven others were shot to...
View ArticleAssembly bill takes aim at reducing deadly police shootings in California
Police will have a tougher time justifying the use of deadly force under a new bill expected to clear the state Assembly that represents a rare compromise between reformers and law enforcement groups....
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State narcotics agent fired for sexual tryst with subordinate, say newly...
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) A former state drug agent overseeing Southern California operations was fired after having sex with a...
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