Three suspects have been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shooting of a Los Angeles police officer Saturday morning at a taco stand in Lincoln Heights, authorities said Friday.
LOS ANGELES — The LAPD on Friday announced the arrests of three primary suspects wanted in the killing of LAPD Officer Juan Diaz. The arrests came as authorities continued conducting investigations in the Mt. Washington area of Los Angeles and in the city of Murrieta in Riverside County that reportedly involved the probe into the…
When an expert on correctional health care toured Riverside County’s jails in 2015, he found a shocking situation: For the past two years, one lone physician had been on staff to serve a system that booked almost 60,000 inmates a year and housed an average of 3,700 people per day in five jails spread across…
The unkempt man stood at the window of a stark cell with a red sign on its thick metal door: “SUICIDE WATCH.” “Are you having thoughts right now about hurting yourself?” clinician Marvin Rodriguez asked from the hallway outside, leaning up against the window as he spoke and made notes on a clipboard. “Do you…
The first 72 hours after a person is booked into jail is when they’re at the highest risk of death, according to the director of health care for Los Angeles County’s jails. Alcohol withdrawal and drug overdoses can be fatal. Suicide is a major concern. Even people without life-threatening conditions must be properly evaluated. “Some of…
Critics of Orange County’s jails fear that not enough action is being taken to improve health care in the wake of a series of recent watchdog reports that raised serious concerns about inmates’ well-being. A spate of deaths in the past two months — three inmates and fetus of another inmate who was just entering…
Authorities admitted they may never know why Gilroy shooter Santino William Legan acted.
California hospitals killed a measure aimed at protecting patients from surprise hospital bills
The candidacy of Kimberly Ellis for California Democratic Party chair — along with Sen. Kamala Harris’ strong showing at a recent debate and in the polls — is fueling a renewed push by black women in the state to demand more clout in the party they have long fought for, an organization they say has failed…
