For years, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department employee was living large, spending lavishly on Santa Ana dinners, West Hollywood bars and a nightclub in Las Vegas. But it was the department’s payroll that was footing the bill — her unknowing grandmother was, authorities said.
More than 160 people have been arrested under Fresno’s new camping ban. Meanwhile, local leaders have started blocking efforts to build homeless housing.
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The alleged assassins behind several recent murder-for-hire cases in Los Angeles were sloppy, authorities say, leaving behind a trail of evidence that links the killings to Chicago gang disputes.
An L.A. Times/WeedWeek investigation finds alarming levels of pesticides in cannabis products at dispensaries across the state
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