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In new poll, challenger Robert Luna has lead over LA County Sheriff Villanueva

LOS ANGELES — In the race for Los Angeles County sheriff, retired Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna has a formidable, 10-point lead among likely voters over the incumbent, Alex Villanueva, a new poll shows.

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California's top cop sends message to sheriffs statewide: Nobody is above the law

At this point in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department decent into ignominy, it's clear to even the casual observer that Sheriff Alex Villanueva isn't just willing to play in the mud, he seems to enjoy it like a hog in a heatwave.

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Another heat wave is coming. It won’t be as extreme as the last one

LOS ANGELES — A heat wave is coming to Los Angeles County, with temperatures expected to reach triple digits next week from the beaches to the San Gabriel Valley.

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COVID-19 strikes some members of ‘DWTS’ crew, but show’s ‘Stars’ are safe

LOS ANGELES — Just as Los Angeles County dropped its mask requirement on public transit and in airports, that big bus known as “Dancing with the Stars” pulled into the station with a small COVID-19 outbreak after its premiere Monday.

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Sheriff’s investigator did not seek friendly judge to approve Supervisor Kuehl searches, court finds

LOS ANGELES — A judge found Thursday that a Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigator followed proper protocols when he obtained a warrant to search the home and office of county Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and others, clearing him of allegations that he’d sought out a friendly judge to sign off on…

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LA County will end mask order on public transit, in airports on Friday

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County on Friday will end its local health order requiring masking while aboard public transit or inside transportation hubs, such as airports.

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Luna, Villanueva trade charges in antagonistic LA sheriff debate

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and retired Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna squared off Wednesday night during a heated, often antagonistic, debate in which they traded barbs over their records in law enforcement and their ability to lead the nation’s largest sheriff’s department.

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LA clothing importer admits to skirting $6.4 million in customs tariffs

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County clothing brand has agreed to plead guilty to submitting fake customs forms to skirt almost $6.4 million in tariffs and to doing business with a woman who has ties to the Sinaloa drug cartel, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

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Kobe Bryant crash photos: LA County to pay additional $4.95 million to Chester family

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to pay an additional $4.95 million to Chris Chester over graphic photos that sheriff’s deputies and firefighters took of the helicopter crash that killed his wife and daughter along with Kobe Bryant and six others in 2020.

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LA County investigating rapper Tory Lanez in alleged assault of singer August Alsina

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office is investigating Canadian recording artist Tory Lanez on suspicion of an alleged assault on singer August Alsina after a performance at a Chicago theater last weekend, officials said.

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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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It’s very easy to get a COVID-19 omicron booster in California. Here’s how

Updated COVID-19 omicron boosters are abundant in Los Angeles County, and officials are urging people to get the latest offering ahead of the fall-and-winter holidays.

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Federal judge imposes limits on LA County jail after ACLU sues over ‘barbaric’ conditions

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on has signed a temporary restraining order addressing Los Angeles County jail conditions that a civil rights group called “barbaric.”

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Sheriff ordered to halt search of some computers linked to Supervisor Kuehl investigation

LOS ANGELES — A Superior Court judge late Thursday ordered Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials to stop searching certain computers seized as part of sprawling raids tied to an investigation into County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a domestic violence nonprofit.

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Dozens of Sheriff Villanueva’s donors received permits to carry guns in public

LOS ANGELES — There are few things Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has boasted about more during his first term in office than his success in dramatically increasing the number of people who are permitted to carry guns in public.

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LA County reports nation’s first confirmed monkeypox death

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County resident has died from MPX — the nation’s first confirmed fatality linked to the disease, public health officials said Monday.

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Monkeypox death confirmed by LA County health officials

A hospitalized Los Angeles County resident with a compromised immune system has died from monkeypox

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Los Angeles County to settle lawsuit over homeless crisis

Los Angeles County leaders have announced a lawsuit settlement agreement that commits hundreds of millions of dollars to expand outreach and supportive services for homeless residents — marking the potential end of two years of litigation over the crisis of people living on the streets

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Second person in US dies after contracting monkeypox as reported total cases top 21,000

Health officials in Los Angeles County say they do not know what role monkeypox played in the person’s death

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'Here we go again': Amid HIV/AIDS connection, fear of racial disparities for MPX grows

LOS ANGELES — Shawn Griffin remembers his first — and subsequently last — attempt to ask his doctor to prescribe him PrEP.

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Murder charges upheld against LA socialite Rebecca Grossman

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Wednesday declined to dismiss murder charges against Hidden Hills socialite Rebecca Grossman, whose vehicle allegedly struck two boys in a crosswalk while it was going more than 70 mph.

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15-day watering ban takes effect for 4 million LA County residents

LOS ANGELES — A 15-day outdoor watering ban took effect for 4 million Los Angeles County residents on Tuesday as crews make emergency repairs to a pipeline that delivers water to Southern Californians, according to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

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Bills aimed at creating California abortion sanctuary headed to Newsom

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is on the verge of making it easier for nurse practitioners to provide abortions, barring coroner investigations following a fetal death and dedicating $20 million to expand access to reproductive care programs in Los Angeles County under bills passed by the state Legislature before the body…

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LA Sheriff's Department officials tried to block testimony of key witness at 'deputy gang' hearing, lawsuit says

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and other department officials tried to prevent a key witness from testifying before an oversight panel about gang-like groups of deputies, according to a new lawsuit.

Los Angeles Times

Conflicting claims in Bryant photo case expose deeper problems in Sheriff's Department

LOS ANGELES — When questioned on the witness stand about the close-up photos he took with his cellphone of Kobe Bryant's body and those of other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Doug Johnson said he was doing his job.

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