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Kobe Bryant's widow was awarded $16 million in the trial over crash photos

A jury found that Los Angeles County must pay Vanessa Bryant for emotional distress caused by deputies and firefighters sharing photos of the bodies of the NBA star and his daughter.

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Jury orders LA County to pay $31 million in Kobe Bryant crash photo sharing case

LOS ANGELES — A jury Wednesday ordered Los Angeles County to pay Vanessa Bryant, widow of Lakers star Kobe Bryant, and another man $31 million in damages for the graphic photos sheriff’s deputies and firefighters took of the 2020 helicopter crash scene that killed Bryant, his daughter and seven others.

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LA County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa $16m over crash photos, jury decides

County must also pay $15m to Christopher Chester, who lost wife and daughter in 2020 accident

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Kobe Bryant widow awarded $16M in trial over crash photos

A federal jury has found that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow $16 million over photos of the NBA star’s body at the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed him

The Independent UK

Jury deliberating in trial over Kobe Bryant crash photo sharing

LOS ANGELES — Jurors began deliberating Wednesday in the trial over graphic photos that Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies and firefighters took and shared of the helicopter crash that killed Lakers star Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others.

Los Angeles Times

Elementary School Calls Cops on 4-Year-Old for Violating Mask Mandate

In the Bay Area and in Los Angeles County, authorities are quickly learning there's little public will to follow their mandates.

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LA County to receive $3.78 million in federal grants for wildfire recovery efforts

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County will receive $3.78 million in federal grants to assist with recovery efforts stemming from the devastating and deadly 2018 Woolsey fire. The city of Malibu will receive an additional $47,000.

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LA Sheriff Villanueva in tight race as challenger Robert Luna has edge in new poll

LOS ANGELES — Retired Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna has an early edge over incumbent Alex Villanueva in the runoff for Los Angeles County sheriff, with support for the candidates falling largely along political lines, according to a new poll by the University of California, Berkeley co-sponsored by the…

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Vanessa Bryant Reveals Why She Hasn’t Settled Crash Photo Lawsuit

The widow of Kobe Bryant is suing Los Angeles County for damages related to the unauthorized release of crash site photos.

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Monkeypox cases more than double in LA County. One region is hit particularly hard

LOS ANGELES — The number of cumulative monkeypox cases has more than doubled in Los Angeles County in the last two weeks as officials race to better track the virus and more widely vaccinate more vulnerable communities.

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Man who killed five in San Fernando Valley shooting spree sentenced to life in prison

LOS ANGELES — A man convicted of killing five people in a random shooting spree in the San Fernando Valley in 2014 was sentenced this week to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said.

Los Angeles Times

Vanessa Bryant says sheriff’s deputies violated the dignity of her husband and daughter

LOS ANGELES — A few days after the 2020 memorial for Kobe Bryant, the basketball star’s widow, Vanessa, was at home watching TV with family when she learned that Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies had shared gruesome photos of the helicopter crash that killed her husband and the couple’s 13-year-old…

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Vanessa Bryant says sheriff’s deputies violated the dignity of her husband and daughter

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LA County will experience triple the number of hot days by 2053, study says

Los Angeles County will experience triple the number of hot days per year by 2053, according to a new study.

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Monkeypox cases more than double in LA County. One region is hit particularly hard

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Vanessa Bryant says sheriff’s deputies violated the dignity of her husband and daughter

LOS ANGELES — A few days after the 2020 memorial for Kobe Bryant, the basketball star’s widow, Vanessa, was home watching TV with family when she learned that Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies had shared gruesome photos of the helicopter crash that killed her husband and the couple’s 13-year-old daughter,…

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Vanessa Bryant says sheriff’s deputies violated the dignity of her husband and daughter

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Wastewater testing, vital in COVID-19 tracking, could help identify monkeypox spread

As wastewater testing continues to prove useful in estimating the spread of the coronavirus, scientists again are using sewage to track the latest public health emergency: monkeypox.

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LA County coroner reveals Anne Heche’s cause of death

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner‘s office ruled Anne Heche’s death an accident, days after the “Another World” actor’s death and nearly two weeks after her fiery and fatal car crash in Mar Vista.

Daily Mirror

Anne Heche’s death ruled an accident due to 'smoke inhalation and thermal injuries'

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner has officially ruled Anne Heche’s tragic death as an “accident” after she crashed her car into a home in LA

The Independent UK

Kobe Bryant: What was at stake in Vanessa Bryant’s crash photo trial

Vanessa Bryant and fellow plaintiff Christopher Chester suing Los Angeles County for emotional distress

The Independent UK

Why is Lakers legend Kobe Bryant’s wife suing Los Angeles County?

Trial expected to last two weeks

Los Angeles Times

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.

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.

Los Angeles Times

As LA schools return, should monkeypox be a concern for students, staff?

LOS ANGELES — With many Los Angeles County students returning to school this week and thousands of young people headed back to California universities this month and next, there's a rising concern about the potential for monkeypox outbreaks in academic and social environments.

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