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'Devil Winds' Drive a Fire Threatening the Reagan Library
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — The downsloping gusts that begin inland and blow toward the ocean in autumn and winter bring with them warmth and dread in equal measure. They howl through the canyons of Santa Monica and whip the palm trees that line the streets of Los Angeles, driving up dust and fraying nerves.
'Devil Winds' Drive Southern California Fires
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — The downsloping gusts that begin inland and blow toward the ocean in autumn and winter bring with them warmth and dread in equal measure. They howl through the canyons of Santa Monica and whip the palm trees that line the streets of Los Angeles, driving up dust and fraying nerves.
'Devil Winds' Drive Southern California Fires
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — The downsloping gusts that begin inland and blow toward the ocean in autumn and winter bring with them warmth and dread in equal measure. The winds, known as the Santa Anas, loom large over the collective psyche of Southern California.
George Gascon Enters Race for District Attorney in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — For months, George Gascon, a former beat cop, police chief and then district attorney of San Francisco, has weighed a run for the same job in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Election May Put Rival Views of Criminal Justice on Ballot
LOS ANGELES — Walking the beat as a cop in the Watts neighborhood of South Los Angeles in the 1990s, George Gascón found himself arresting multiple generations of black men from the same family.
Ady Barkan Won't Let Dying Stop His Activism
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — First there was the viral video from an airplane, where he confronted former Sen. Jeff Flake about the Republican tax bill. Then he was arrested, in his wheelchair, in the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building protesting the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. And in the past few months, Democratic presidential candidates have flocked to California to sit down with him and discuss “Medicare for All.”
Bodies of 20 Victims Recovered in California Boat Fire
Officials Tuesday said they had called off a search for survivors of a devastating fire that engulfed a commercial scuba diving vessel off the coast of Southern California after recovering 20 bodies.
California Has a Moratorium on Executions. Prosecutors Want New Death Sentences Anyway.
LOS ANGELES — In Courtroom 106 in downtown Los Angeles, a jury has begun hearing testimony in the long-awaited trial of a man accused of stabbing to death two women in their homes at night.A Real Estate Mogul Seeks to Expand His Influence Over Los Angeles
MONTECITO, Calif. — Rick J. Caruso was getting excited. In a few weeks, the real estate mogul’s beachside resort in Montecito would open its doors and the project, more so than his others in Los Angeles, was a personal one. The family crest is etched above the outdoor fireplace. The booths in one of the restaurants are inspired by Perino’s, a long-shuttered Hollywood eatery where Caruso hung out. The sundries shop is run by his friend Gwyneth Paltrow.
A Real Estate Mogul Seeks to Expand His Influence Over Los Angeles
MONTECITO, Calif. — Rick J. Caruso was getting excited. In a few weeks, the real estate mogul’s beachside resort in Montecito would open its doors and the project, more so than his others in Los Angeles, was a personal one. The family crest is etched above the outdoor fireplace. The booths in one of the restaurants are inspired by Perino’s, a long-shuttered Hollywood eatery where Caruso hung out. The sundries shop is run by his friend Gwyneth Paltrow.Nipsey Hussle Was Hailed as a Hero. But to California Officials, He Was Still a Gangster.
LOS ANGELES — When a gunman rolled up to Nipsey Hussle’s Marathon Clothing store late last month, the first person to be shot was Kerry Lathan, recently released from prison and there to pick up a T-shirt. Lathan was shot in the back, before Hussle, the renowned rap artist, was killed.
California Has a High Rate of Police Shootings. Could a New Open-Records Law Change That?
LOS ANGELES — After her son, Eric, was killed by police in Los Angeles two years ago when officers mistook a water pistol he was holding for a real gun, Valerie Rivera channeled her grief into activism. She joined Black Lives Matter and lobbied the state Legislature to open to the public California’s records on police shootings, which have long been hidden.
California Has a High Rate of Police Shootings. Could a New Open-Records Law Change That?
LOS ANGELES — After her son, Eric, was killed by police in Los Angeles two years ago when officers mistook a water pistol he was holding for a real gun, Valerie Rivera channeled her grief into activism. She joined Black Lives Matter and lobbied the state Legislature to open to the public California’s records on police shootings, which have long been hidden.In California, Criminal Justice Reform Offers a Lesson for the Nation
LOS ANGELES — A police officer is shot dead in Whittier by a gang member. A mentally ill homeless man walks into a steakhouse in Ventura and stabs a man to death in front of his family. In Bakersfield, a man angry over his divorce goes on a shooting rampage, killing his ex-wife and four others.Killing of California Officer Prompts Manhunt and Fuels Immigration Debate
LOS ANGELES — Police in California’s Central Valley are hunting for a man who they believe killed a police officer and is in the country illegally, according to authorities.
Killing of California Officer Prompts Manhunt and Fuels Immigration Debate
LOS ANGELES — Police in California’s Central Valley are hunting for a man who they believe killed a police officer and is in the country illegally, according to authorities.Los Angeles and San Francisco, 'polar opposites' on criminal justice
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles has the biggest jail system in America and sends people to state prison at almost four times the rate of San Francisco, even though violent crime has fallen in both cities.
Grisly killings shape a battle over executions
LOS ANGELES — In Courtroom 106 in downtown Los Angeles, a jury has begun hearing testimony in the long-awaited trial of a man accused of stabbing to death two women in their homes at night.
A real estate mogul seeks to expand his influence over Los Angeles
MONTECITO, Calif. — Rick J. Caruso was getting excited. In a few weeks, the real estate mogul’s beachside resort in Montecito would open its doors and the project, more so than his others in Los Angeles, was a personal one. The family crest is etched above the outdoor fireplace. The booths in one of the restaurants are inspired by Perino’s, a long-shuttered Hollywood eatery where Caruso hung out. The sundries shop is run by his friend Gwyneth Paltrow.
Democrats rethink the death penalty, and its politics
LOS ANGELES — By signing an executive order, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California recently ended the threat of execution as long as he is in office for the 737 inmates on the state’s death row, the largest in the Western Hemisphere.
