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After plane crashes and close calls, pressure mounts to close this LA airport

LOS ANGELES — The day the plane fell from the sky, Eva Avalos was sipping coffee under her Mulberry tree.

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LA coronavirus hospitalizations rise, outbreaks increase

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County hospitals are once again seeing a marked increase in the number of coronavirus-positive patients requiring their care — triggering new concern that health care systems could once again come under strain unless the region gets its arms around the latest resurgence of the virus.

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LA is doing much better than New York with new coronavirus wave. Can it last?

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County is doing significantly better than New York City so far in this latest spring wave of omicron cases, and officials remain hopeful that California can avoid the significant increases in coronavirus hospitalizations seen on the East Coast.

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California law requiring women on corporate boards is ruled unconstitutional

LOS ANGELES — A California law that required companies primarily based in the state to have women on their corporate boards has been ruled unconstitutional by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge.

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LA coronavirus hospitalizations start rising again; officials urge mask-wearing

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County's coronavirus-positive hospitalizations are rising again, causing health officials to urge residents to put masks back on if they have stopped doing so.

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Wealthy LA County communities seeing fastest rise in coronavirus cases

LOS ANGELES — As Los Angeles County's coronavirus cases continue to climb, infections are rising fastest among wealthier residents, a likely echo of previous waves in which a greater rate of higher-income people became infected with the virus first.

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Teenage boy accused of murder along with mother after 3 children killed at San Fernando Valley home

LOS ANGELES — The killing of three children in a quiet Valley suburb over Mother’s Day weekend took a new turn Wednesday when Los Angeles County prosecutors charged a 16-year-old boy with murder.

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Family of abused boy and LA County reach tentative $32 million settlement

LOS ANGELES — The family of Anthony Avalos, a 10-year-old Lancaster boy who prosecutors say died of child abuse by his mother and her boyfriend, has reached a tentative $32 million settlement with Los Angeles County.

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After stealing $19,000 worth of watches, suspects flee West Hollywood in a Rolls-Royce

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators are searching for at least four suspects who are believed to have stolen $19,000 worth of luxury watches from two people in West Hollywood early Sunday before fleeing in a black Rolls-Royce.

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Records reveal most detailed account of Dave Chappelle attack, but motive a mystery

LOS ANGELES — Records from the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office reveal new details about the chaotic moments Tuesday night when a man with a replica gun and knife leapt onto the stage at the Hollywood Bowl and attacked Dave Chappelle.

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Prosecutors decline to file charges against 2018 Villanueva donors

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors have declined to file charges against donors to Sheriff Alex Villanueva's 2018 campaign, saying there was insufficient evidence to prove that contributions were illegally orchestrated.

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LA city attorney charges suspect in Dave Chappelle attack at Hollywood Bowl

LOS ANGELES — Hours after Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón’s office declined to file felony charges against a man who tackled comedian Dave Chappelle onstage at the Hollywood Bowl, City Atty. Mike Feuer announced late Thursday afternoon that his office had filed four misdemeanor counts against the suspect.

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DA won’t charge suspect in Dave Chappelle attack with assault with a deadly weapon

LOS ANGELES — While police say the man who tackled comedian Dave Chappelle onstage at the Hollywood Bowl had a replica gun with a knife, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s office declined Thursday to file felony charges.

Los Angeles Times

No felony charge for man who tackled Dave Chappelle on stage

Los Angeles County prosecutors say the man arrested on suspicion of tackling comedian Dave Chappelle during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl will not be charged with any felonies

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Steve Lopez: He fooled voters once. Can LA County Sheriff Villanueva do it again?

Four years ago, Los Angeles County's progressive voters got mugged.

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3rd top official disputes LA County Sheriff Villanueva’s account in cover-up

LOS ANGELES — A third high-ranking Los Angeles County sheriff’s official has filed a legal claim contradicting Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s account of how he handled an incident in which a deputy kneeled on the head of a handcuffed inmate for three minutes.

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She's been branded a traitor. A new exhibition says Mexican icon Malinche was anything but

DENVER — Though he may be renowned for lobbing vulgar insults, the barb that Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva directed at Supervisor Hilda Solis in July 2020 left even longtime observers stunned. Solís had made comments critical of systemic racism by police toward people of color. "Are you trying,"…

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The Los Angeles DA's office is at war with itself. How does anything get done?

LOS ANGELES — In normal times, the convicted sex offender's request for leniency would have been met with a swift, emphatic "no" from the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.

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Los Angeles coronavirus cases up 40% in one week; hospitalizations rising, too

LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County rose by 40% over the past week and hospitalizations have started to creep up as well, underscoring how important it is for people to be up-to-date on their vaccines and boosters, as well as wear masks in indoor public settings, officials…

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Legal claim: LA sheriff delayed excessive force probe

One of Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s closest advisers says she was told to choose between retirement or demotion after raising questions about his handling of the investigation into a deputy kneeling on a handcuffed inmate’s head for several minutes

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First eyewitness account of LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva lying in a cover-up revealed in filing

LOS ANGELES — A former top-ranking Los Angeles County sheriff's official filed a legal claim Thursday that offered the first eyewitness account of Sheriff Alex Villanueva allegedly lying about his involvement in a cover-up and also made allegations about retaliation and other improprieties in the Sheriff's Department.

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LA sheriff investigates how reporter obtained leaked video

The Los Angeles County sheriff disputed allegations he orchestrated the cover-up of an incident where a deputy knelt on a handcuffed inmate’s head for more than three minutes

Los Angeles Times

In brazen attack on press, Sheriff Alex Villanueva investigates LA Times reporter who revealed cover-up

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced Tuesday his department is targeting an L.A. Times journalist in a criminal leak investigation for her reporting on the department's cover-up of an incident in which a deputy kneeled on the head of a handcuffed inmate for three minutes.

Los Angeles Times

Claim alleges LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva directed cover-up of deputy kneeling on inmate

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County sheriff's commander who was critical of efforts to cover up an incident in which a deputy kneeled on a handcuffed inmate's head has filed legal papers accusing Sheriff Alex Villanueva of obstructing justice and retaliating against those who blew the whistle.

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LA County homeless deaths surged 56% in pandemic’s first year, with overdoses largely to blame

LOS ANGELES — Deaths of homeless people in Los Angeles County soared by 56% in the year after the start of the pandemic, driven primarily by an increase in overdoses, according to a study published this month.

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