A major push to increase local funding for schools came to a climax Tuesday as Los Angeles school district voters cast ballots on whether to raise their property taxes. Measure EE would impose a levy of 16 cents per square foot of indoor space on a property, excluding parking areas, and raise an…
The Los Angeles Police Commission on Tuesday finalized qualifications for residents who will serve on the powerful boards that review serious officer misconduct. Beginning June 13, officers can choose to have a Board of Rights panel comprised of three civilians review their discipline case or select…
A tree trimmer who was apparently injured by falling branches while working in Laguna Hills died on Tuesday, June 4. A resident spotted a man who appeared to be injured in a tree near 25481 Barents, and called authorities at 4:31 p.m., Orange County Fire Authority Captain Tony Bommarito said. Responding paramedics found one man…
The top consultant on the California bullet train has been put on suspension after a state watchdog agency began reviewing his approval of a multimillion-dollar contract for a company in which he had heavily invested, The Times has learned. Roy Hill, deputy chief operating officer for the California…
A California Highway Patrol chief is under investigation after sharing a post on social media that demeaned transgender star Caitlyn Jenner and her gender transition. The investigation into Chief Mark Garrett was initiated Monday after a Times reporter showed officials at CHP headquarters a message…
A former state drug agent overseeing Southern California operations was fired after having sex with a female subordinate and blackmailing her into covering it up, according to recently unsealed personnel records. William Telish, former director of a Los Angeles-based regional task force, had an affair with a secretary and then threatened to send nude photos…
Ashley Flores was at home on Christmas Eve 2017, anticipating the gifts she and her siblings would soon open, when she began having difficulty breathing. The 11-year-old’s older sister dialed 911 and was put on hold by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy, her relatives said. The next four times…
SANTA ANA — The Orange County Grand Jury issued a report Tuesday, June 4, faulting the Sheriff’s Department for not taking vital signs of every inmate admitted to its jails to reduce deaths related to hypertension, but Sheriff Don Barnes fired back, saying that’s not his job. The grand jury report noted 28 custodial deaths…
California prosecutors on Tuesday announced that a top leader of the La Luz Del Mundo religious organization based in Mexico was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking, production of child pornography, forcible rape of a minor and other felonies. Naasón Joaquín García, a leader of the organization…
After disturbing reports of death, sexual assault, drug abuse and paying for patients inside California’s loosely regulated addiction treatment industry, an across-the-aisle team of lawmakers has banded together to fundamentally change the rules of the game. The new Bi-Partisan Legislative Substance Abuse Treatment Working Group seeks to significantly expand state oversight, improve patient protections and…
