Want to see the Menendez brothers’ hearing? Enter the lottery
The Los Angeles Superior Court will be implementing a lottery system to manage the eager crowds vying to watch convicted murders Eric and Lyle Menendez … Read more
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Column: Voters sent clear message to Newsom, Democrats: We’re fed up
SACRAMENTO — The state Legislature will convene a new two-year session on Dec. 2, and hopefully lawmakers have been reading the messages California voters sent them … Read more
Next L.A. D.A. to undo Gascón policies, revisit Menendez brothers case
On his first day in office four years ago, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón issued a slate of progressive edicts that many prosecutors … Read more
California can have both public safety and criminal justice reform
California voters decided this week to roll back criminal justice reforms and appeared to be ousting progressive prosecutors in Los Angeles and Alameda counties, effectively … Read more
Tide shifts against criminal justice reform among California voters
In deep-blue L.A. County, the “godfather of progressive prosecutors” lost his reelection bid by more than 20 percentage points to a former Republican. In the … Read more
Hochman leads Gascón in Los Angeles County D.A. election
A tumultuous first term in office for Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón seems likely to end in a failed reelection bid, as he … Read more
Gascón trails Hochman by wide margin in L.A. D.A. race, poll shows
With two days left before election day, a new poll shows Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón has cut slightly into challenger Nathan Hochman’s … Read more
Lyle and Erik Menendez to return to court Dec. 11
Erik and Lyle Menendez will get a new day in court Dec. 11, when Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón will ask a judge … Read more
How parole board, governor and a new D.A. could affect Menendez case
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón’s blockbuster announcement that he will seek to have Erik and Lyle Menendez resentenced for their parents’ brutal murders … Read more
L.A. County man charged with attempted kidnap, assault of girl
A man was charged Friday with sexually assaulting and attempting to kidnap an 11-year-old girl as she walked home from school in Wilmington, authorities said. … Read more