LOS ANGELES—Overdose deaths attributed to the synthetic opioid fentanyl skyrocketed in Los Angeles County over a five-year period ending in 2021, with such fatalities increasing by 1,280 percent, according to report released Nov. 29 by the county Department of Public Health. Meanwhile, the LA County District Attorney’s Office and the health department, in a joint…
Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Soar in LA County Over 5-Year Period
November 29, 2022
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Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Soar 1,280 Percent in LA County Over 5-year Period
November 29, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Overdose deaths attributed to the synthetic opioid fentanyl skyrocketed in Los Angeles County over a five-year period ending in 2021, with such fatalities increasing by 1,280 percent, according to report released Nov. 29 by the county Department of Public Health. Meanwhile, the LA County District Attorney’s Office and the health department, in a joint…
Charges Dropped Against CEO of Election Software Firm
A judge in California on Nov. 9 dismissed charges against the CEO of an election software firm, who prosecutors had accused of being behind “probably the largest data breach in United States history.” The Los Angeles Superior Court judge threw out charges of conspiracy and grand theft by embezzlement of public funds against Eugene Yu,…
Gascón Recall Backers File Legal Action Over Signature Count Shortfall
LOS ANGELES—Supporters of the attempt to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón filed court papers Oct. 18 against the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, hoping to review the thousands of signatures that were declared invalid in August and put a stop to their effort to oust the county’s top prosecutor. Gascón was sworn…
Groups Want to Restore Law and Order in Upcoming Election
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—The midterm elections are coming up, and people are fed up with the crime plaguing the state. A coalition of groups hopes to bring law and order back. A number of community leaders are speaking against, what they call, California’s “soft on crime” policies. During a Zoom press conference on Oct. 7, Carl…
Gascón Recall Campaign to Sue LA Registrar Over ‘Wrongful Invalidation’ of Signatures
October 12, 2022
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After a second effort to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón failed in August, the recall campaign is filing an injunction against the county registrar, claiming that the county’s signature verification process was “seriously flawed, resulting in substantial errors, the wrongful invalidation of many valid signatures.” The recallers said their volunteer attorneys have been reviewing the…
LA Mother Run Over With Baby by Teen Driver Blasts DA George Gascón Amid Early Release Hearing
A Los Angeles woman who was run over along with her 8-month-old baby by a teenager in a hit-and-run last year has criticized Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón after the suspect was granted a short sentence and asked for early release from juvenile probation camp. The woman, identified as Rachel, was hit by the intoxicated 16-year-old driver of…
Death Sentences Lowered to Life Without Parole for Two Men at DA’s Request
August 17, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Two convicted murderers who were sentenced to death, including a Hollywood man who was convicted of using a bottle of cyanide-laced gin to poison his neighbor, have been re-sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole at the request of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, according to court papers released…
Man, Teen Arrested in Killing of Rookie Monterey Park Police Officer
LOS ANGELES—A 20-year-old man and a teenager were behind bars Aug. 10 in connection with the fatal shooting of an off-duty Monterey Park police officer during what the district attorney said was an attempted robbery in the parking lot of an LA Fitness gym in Downey. Carlos Delcid, 20, is expected to be arraigned Wednesday…
Recall Gascón Campaign Says County Failed to Follow Signature Verification Guidelines
August 10, 2022
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The signatures collected by a campaign to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón have not been counted properly by the county registrar’s office, recall organizers said. The county’s former district attorney Steve Cooley sent a letter on Aug. 8 to the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, alleging that the registrar’s office did not…
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