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Parents Warned to Check for Drugs Mixed in With Halloween Candy

LOS ANGELES—State and local authorities are warning parents to be vigilant about the possibility of narcotics or other contaminants being mixed in with their children’s candy this Halloween. This raised special attention after someone attempted to smuggle roughly 12,000 fentanyl pills hidden inside bags and boxes of candy at Los Angeles International Airport recently. “With…


Voters to Decide if Los Angeles Supervisors Can Remove Sheriff

The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors voted Aug.2 without discussion to pass an ordinance that will be on the November ballot that will allow the board to remove a publicly elected county sheriff from office. The measure passed in a 4–1 vote, with Supervisor Kathryn Barger dissenting. “Giving the Board of Supervisors the authority to…