Matthew Ormseth is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining The Times in 2018, he covered city news and state politics at the Hartford Courant.
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July 1, 2024
The LAPD Pacific Area Boosters and Palms Weekend Festival had organized the carnival. Police believe a fight broke out Saturday that ended in the fatal stabbing.
June 23, 2024
Jeffrey Ferguson, a longtime Orange County judge, was held to answer for a murder charge after a preliminary hearing Thursday detailed the shooting of his wife.
June 20, 2024
Una red del Valle de San Gabriel vendió dinero sucio del cártel de Sinaloa a residentes ricos de China, que querían transferir su dinero a Estados Unidos evitando las restricciones a la fuga de capitales, alegaron los fiscales federales.
June 19, 2024
A San Gabriel Valley ring sold dirty cash from the Sinaloa cartel to wealthy residents of China, who wanted to transfer their money to the United States while avoiding capital flight restrictions, federal prosecutors alleged.
June 18, 2024
In a jailhouse interview, reputed Mexican Mafia boss Johnny Martinez says he is an innocent man being railroaded by lying witnesses and vindictive prosecutors.
June 15, 2024
Authorities arrested a suspect last week in the death of Eduardo “Eddie Boy” Castro, a Mexican Mafia member who was gunned down five years ago while riding a bicycle in Boyle Heights.
June 6, 2024
Prosecutors say Johnny Martinez was caught on a wiretap boasting of several murders, but he still has prominent voices calling for his release, including two L.A. County probation officials.
May 18, 2024
As incendiary claims ricocheted across group chats and were amplified online, a crowd converged on UCLA and violence ignited when police left the scene.
May 10, 2024
Here is what we know about the last couple of weeks on campus, based on interviews, recordings, social media and documents.
May 7, 2024