Oversight inspectors accuse Sheriff’s Department of retaliation after reports on jail fires Oversight commissioners have repeatedly accused the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of retaliating against inmates at Men’s Central Jail after inspectors called attention to the ongoing ... 05/1/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Los Angeles Undermines Freedom of Information In Suit Over Police Photos The city attorney's office denied Camacho's initial request, but after he sued over their refusal, it eventually provided him with a flash drive of the police photos in September 2022. Those photos ... 04/30/2024 - 3:29 pm | View Link
2 Arrested Following Wild Pursuit in Downtown Los Angeles At least two people were taken into custody Tuesday following a dangerous, high-speed pursuit that wound through the downtown Los Angeles area and involved a series of collisions, including one that ... 04/30/2024 - 1:43 pm | View Link
New details emerge in string of armored car heists in Los Angeles New details are emerging in a string of armored car heists in Los Angeles that seemingly couldn't be stopped.More than two years after the first robbery, most members of the crew are either behind ... 04/29/2024 - 8:51 pm | View Link
Heist gang behind brazen Los Angeles daylight robberies of millions from armored trucks busted The sophisticated robberies took place across the city over the last two years, with the thieves — clad in ski masks and brandishing AR-15 assault weapons — targeting vehicles picking up or ... 04/29/2024 - 9:07 am | View Link
“After flailing around for months unable to unite on anything, House Republicans finally think they’ve found an issue they agree on — countering the scourge of antisemitism on college campuses nationwide,” Punchbowl News reports.
“With 187 days until Election Day, a legislative cupboard that’s all but bare, a presidential impeachment inquiry that’s going nowhere and a speaker who has struggled to generate any discernible level of excitement, the anti-Jewish sentiment that’s spilled out at universities from coast to coast during Gaza war protests offers what Republicans believe is a compelling plot line during the closing months of the 118th Congress.”
“Attempts to suppress pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia and other colleges in recent weeks have instead lit a fuse nationwide, as students at public universities from Austin to Los Angeles have set up tents, defied police orders to vacate and even occupied academic buildings as they protest Israel’s war in Gaza,” Politico reports.
“Despite lagging some 30 points behind President Joe Biden in the latest polls, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. convened national media on Wednesday to make an audacious claim: It’s Biden who should drop out of the race to stop former President Donald Trump from reclaiming the White House,” Politico reports.
Said Kennedy: “We only have one chance to beat Donald Trump, and we need a nominee who can get the job done.
“Senate Republicans are six months away from their most favorable Election Day map in a decade, with pickup opportunities in at least a half-dozen states — including sapphire-blue Maryland,” Politico reports.
“Mitch McConnell isn’t predicting a red wave ahead, though. There’s a reason for that.”
“The minority leader is clearly wary of his party overextending itself despite the advantageous conditions after the twin debacles of 2020 and 2022, when former President Donald Trump’s embrace of flawed GOP nominees contributed to surprising Democratic wins.“
“Donald Trump faces the prospect of additional sanctions in his hush money trial as he returns to court Thursday for another contempt hearing followed by testimony from a lawyer who represented two women who have said they had sexual encounters with the former president,” the AP reports.
“Prosecutors are seeking $1,000 fines for each of four comments by Trump that they say violated a judge’s gag order barring him from attacking witnesses, jurors and others closely connected to the case.