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District Attorney Brooke Jenkins gets a crash course in San Francisco politics

SAN FRANCISCO — During an annual Chinatown community event hosted by the police department in September, interim San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins moved through the crowd like a rock star, stopping to oblige selfie requests and chat with locals gathered at Portsmouth Square for a discussion on public safety…

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LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva is at war with nearly everyone. Will it cost him his job?

LOS ANGELES — After four years as Los Angeles County sheriff, Alex Villanueva’s view of things has crystallized into a simple idea: He knows best how to save the county — and you’re either on board with him or part of the problem.

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Court finds former UCLA gynecologist guilty of sexually abusing patients

A jury was hung on nine additional felony counts against James Heaps. The doctor is facing thousands of accusations of abuse and has cost UCLA $700 million in lawsuits.

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Protests, anger, tears roil LA City Council meeting over leaked racist recordings

LOS ANGELES — Politicians, religious leaders, activists and everyday Angelenos directed their fury at the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday, telling elected leaders about the rage and sadness they felt over a recording in which Council member Nury Martinez is heard making racist remarks and denigrating colleagues.

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Protests, anger, tears roil LA City Council meeting over leaked racist recordings

LOS ANGELES — The L.A. City Council struggled to begin its meeting Tuesday as Angelenos flooded the chambers and screamed with anger two days after a surreptitious recording surfaced on which Council member Nury Martinez is heard making racist remarks and denigrating colleagues.

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LA council President Nury Martinez faces pressure to resign after racist remarks in leaked audio

Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez found her political future very much in doubt on Sunday, following the release of a recording in which she made racist and derogatory comments during a conversation with two of her colleagues and a high-profile labor leader.

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Scrubs producer arrested on sexual assault charges

Investigators have called on women to come forward

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'Scrubs' producer Eric Weinberg charged with multiple sexual assaults

The executive producer and writer for the hit TV show Scrubs and many others has been charged with sexually assaulting five women. Investigators say there may be other victims dating back to the '90s.

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TV producer Eric Weinberg charged with multiple counts of rape and sexual battery

Scrubs and Californication producer accused of using ‘his Hollywood credentials’ to sexually assault women during photo shoots

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'Scrubs' producer Eric Weinberg charged with sex assaults

Eric Weinberg, an executive producer and writer for the hit TV show “Scrubs” and many others, has been charged with sexually assaulting five women at photo shoots

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A software CEO was arrested on suspicion of storing poll worker data in China

The Los Angeles County District Attorney accused the CEO of a small company that makes software for election workers of illegally storing data on servers in China. The company denies the allegation.

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Arrest made in breach of LA County election worker data

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors have accused the CEO of a small Michigan software company of compromising the personal information of hundreds of county elections employees.

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Did an LA cop’s racist remark need to be disclosed? For a prisoner, the answer took years

LOS ANGELES — Richard Lathan wasn’t sure how to react when he got a letter in July informing him that the Los Angeles police detective who helped put him in prison for murder had made a racist remark about Black people.

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Marilyn Manson sexual abuse investigation turned over to Los Angeles County DA

LOS ANGELES — A 19-month sexual abuse investigation into Marilyn Manson by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has been sent to District Attorney George Gascón for a decision on whether to file criminal charges against the singer.

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Robin Abcarian: LA's vindictive sheriff turns the crazy up to 11. What will it take to stop him?

When I heard that a swarm of Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies executed early morning searches at the homes of L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and Patti Giggans, executive director of one of the oldest anti-domestic-violence groups in the country, I realized county Sheriff Alex Villanueva has gone off the…

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Nurse accused of killing 5 might have lost consciousness, suffered mental collapse before crash

LOS ANGELES — The nurse facing murder charges for allegedly slamming her Mercedes-Benz into traffic this month in Windsor Hills was in the throes of a “frightening” mental health crisis in the days, hours and minutes before the crash, new court records filed by her attorneys show.

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In new poll, Karen Bass jumps out to big lead over Rick Caruso in race for LA mayor

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Karen Bass has built a double-digit lead in the Los Angeles mayor's race with a little over two months to go until election day, firming up her base among the city's Democratic voters and eroding Rick Caruso's margin in the San Fernando Valley, a new poll…

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New racist texts reveal Torrance cops talked about hurting and killing Black suspects

LOS ANGELES — The day after Torrance police shot Christopher DeAndre Mitchell in 2018, his mother and a dozen of his loved ones staged a protest outside the department's headquarters.

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

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California man found guilty of two 1980s murders thanks to new DNA technology

In 2006 detectives discovered DNA evidence, but it was 12 more years before they could identify suspect using genealogy websites

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: LA District Attorney Gascón survives a second recall campaign. Was he humbled by this near miss?

The crash was horrific, no doubt about it.

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A$AP Rocky pleads not guilty to assault charges

The rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm at a Los Angeles court Wednesday. He remains free on bond.

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Effort to force LA District Attorney George Gascón into recall election fails

LOS ANGELES — A second effort to force Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón into a recall election fizzled out Monday after officials determined that the campaign to boot him from office failed to gain enough valid signatures.

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Bid to recall Los Angeles district attorney fails, a win for criminal justice reform

Campaign to remove George Gascón did not have the required signatures in a major blow to police unions and conservatives

Los Angeles Times

Second effort to force LA District Attorney George Gascón into recall election fails

LOS ANGELES — A second effort to force Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón into a recall election fizzled out Monday after officials determined the campaign to boot him from office failed to gain enough valid signatures.

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