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LA County sheriff's helicopters buzz lowest over Black homes, advocates say, and they're out to prove it

LOS ANGELES — Law enforcement helicopters routinely buzz around Greater Los Angeles. But in certain neighborhoods, they swoop in — low and loud. So say two community groups that are studying the effects of helicopters on the health of county residents.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 11, 2023

New deputy 'gang' forming in LA County Sheriff's Department, lawsuit alleges

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies are forming a new "gang" in the agency's East L.A. station, according to a deputy who alleges in a lawsuit he was abused when he refused to join the group.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 9, 2023

Video adds to questions about police shooting of a double amputee holding a knife

LOS ANGELES — As they do every week during football season, the Lowe family gathered Sunday morning to watch the NFL games on two big flat screens in the South Los Angeles home of the family matriarch.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 30, 2023

6 people, including mother and baby, killed in California; drug cartel suspected

LOS ANGELES — Six people, including a 6-month old baby, her teenage mother and an elderly woman, were killed Monday in a Central Valley farming community in what the local sheriff said was likely a targeted attack by a drug cartel.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 16, 2023

Drone video captures part of encounter in which Riverside County deputy was fatally shot

LOS ANGELES — Drone video of a deadly standoff that took the life of a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy on Friday appears to capture the suspect being shot by another deputy before the wounded officer is rushed into the back of a sheriff’s SUV.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 15, 2023

What motivated the Pacific Northwest substation attacks?

SPANAWAY, Wash. — Shortly after 5 a.m. on Christmas Day, Kathryn Henkel and her family were rousted by an unfamiliar quiet, a signal something was wrong.

Tribune News Service · Dec 31, 2022

Official: California deputy killed during traffic stop

Authorities say a Southern California sheriff’s deputy has been shot and killed during a traffic stop and that a suspect was later killed

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022

Accused of illegally evicting Black and Latino renters, Southern California city, sheriff to pay $1 million

LOS ANGELES — A Mojave Desert community and sheriff’s department will be forced to spend nearly $1 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit alleging they discriminated against Black and Latino renters, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 15, 2022

25 classmates were hurt in a horrific crash. The recruits who remain fight through pain

LOS ANGELES — Academy Class 464 is smaller than it was three weeks ago.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 3, 2022

Sheriff-elect Luna on 'fractured relationships' and challenges ahead post-Villanueva

LOS ANGELES — Robert Luna has wasted no time since he was elected sheriff of the largest department in the country.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 2, 2022