Musings and News things | Anchor & Reporter @specnews1socal | mom 👱🏻♀️ Kate.Cagle@charter.com
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NEW: City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto had to turn over emails, texts and memos about the prosecution of pro-Palestinian protesters this week, after Judge Mark Windham found evidence of biased prosecution against IfNotNow. @SpecNews1SoCal
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BREAKING: LAUSD confirms plainclothes federal agents tried to question kids at two elementary schools in Los Angeles Monday but were denied entry by administrators. Superintendent Carvahlo said the agents claimed they had parent permission to question the kids, but it wasn't true
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Breaking: Sheriff’s deputies are taking boxes from Civilian Oversight Commissioner Patty Giggin’s Los Angeles home, part of a sprawling investigation that includes Metro and Supervisor Sheila Kuehl. The COC has held a series of investigative hearings into alleged gangs in LASD.
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Carvahlo said the agents were seeking to talk to five children who came to this country as unaccompanied minors and are in the care of legal guardians. LAUSD's legal team is responding - the agents did not have warrants to access the campuses.
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BREAKING: A gender reveal party sparked the #ElDoradoFire, which has resulted in hundreds of people fleeing their homes.
500 crew members are working in 100+ degree heat to put it out. It's now at 7,000 acres.
CAL FIRE Law Enforcement has determined the El Dorado Fire, burning near Oak Glen in San Bernardino County, was caused by a smoke generating pyrotechnic device, used during a gender reveal party. The fire began at… instagram.com/p/CE0ddK-hHo1/…
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BREAKING: A judge has ordered Sheriff Alex Villanueva to appear in court Dec 12 and explain why he should not be held in contempt
for allegedly ignoring three subpoenas in 2021 to testify before the Civilian Oversight Commission.
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EXCLUSIVE: I've confirmed two elderly victims of the #LAPDBlast have died, including this woman's husband, 72-year-old Auzie Houchins, a retired teacher who was relocated without his oxygen tank or hospital bed.
His family believes the incident contributed to his death.
More than a week after the LAPD detonation, neighbors are still figuring out what to do and nervous about going public with their complaints against the police. This woman and her husband were physically unable to evacuate because of disabilities.
More: bit.ly/2Tb4jhK
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LASD whistleblower Deputy Art Gonzalez said - under oath - the deputy who shot and killed 18-year-old Andres Guardado was a prospective member of the Executioners, an alleged violent clique of tattooed deputies inside the Compton Sheriff's station. #andresguardado
WATCH:
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NEW: NY AG says an (unnamed) LAPD captain told Les Moonves he was under investigation for sexual assault, allowing Moonves and another executive to sell millions of dollars in stock before the allegations became public. Moonves, CBS agree to pay $30.5 million for insider trading.
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BREAKING: the chief of police in Huntington Park says they arrested a man Tuesday accused of impersonating a federal agent, with fake DHS docs, cell phones and a loaded gun in an unmarked car, amid ongoing ICE raids. They discovered he had a history of arrests for human smuggling
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BREAKING: The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says their legal representation has been fired as the Kuehl, Giggans and Metro search warrants are challenged in court.
The department is now seeking pro bono representation in this matter, according to a statement.
Breaking: Sheriff’s deputies are taking boxes from Civilian Oversight Commissioner Patty Giggin’s Los Angeles home, part of a sprawling investigation that includes Metro and Supervisor Sheila Kuehl. The COC has held a series of investigative hearings into alleged gangs in LASD.
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Update: “they lied to me”
Vietnam veteran Robert says @LASDHQ deputies dropped him off at the VA and left Wednesday. He slept outside that night in his wheelchair after deputies threw away his belongings and cheered he was going to get housed. @SpecNews1SoCal
Deputies from @LASDHQ are helping this Vietnam veteran pack up his belongings and get to the VA, because he needs medical treatment. The deputies say beds are available and they hope this is the first step to getting him into shelter or housing.
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Challenger Eunisses Hernandez has declared victory over incumbent Democrat Gil Cedillo to represent Highland Park, MacArthur Park and Chinatown w/ a 2,400 vote lead in the CD1 race.
"I believe I am the first elected abolitionist in City Hall."
Full story at 5 @SpecNews1SoCal
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Giggin’s lawyer Austin Dove confirms detectives took a computer, flash drives and an “Official Police Tow” just showed up to take her car.
“This is harassment!” Giggins says. Dove says that is not in the warrant. Tensions escalate.
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"Wait. I'm with Spectrum News 1."
"I have to stay with my crew."
This is the moment three LAPD officers pulled me from a crowd of protestors and zip tied my hands tonight at Echo Park Lake. @SpecNews1SoCal
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NEW: Bail for non-violent, non-serious crime is now $0 in Los Angeles, after a judge ruled the county's cash bail system is likely unconstitutional.
Judge Lawrence Riff said Civil Rights Corps successfully argued cash bail actually hurts public safety.
spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west…
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In a stunning moment, Los Angeles Co Sheriff Alex Villanueva revealed LASD is investigating his political opponent @Vera4Sheriff, the Inspector General and LA Times reporter @AleneTchek, after leaked video exposed a deputy kneeling on a handcuffed inmate's head. @SpecNews1SoCal
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RIP, P-22 ❤️
Griffith Park’s mountain lion changed the way we see LA’s place in nature, peacefully living and hunting alongside humans for over a decade. Fenced in by freeways, he lived in the smallest known territory for a puma.
Against the odds, he lived a long life.
BREAKING: P-22 was "compassionately euthanized" this morning, according to the California Dept. of Fish & Wildlife's director, due to the serious injuries the mountain lion suffered earlier this week.
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BREAKING: Councilmember Mike Bonin calls on Los Angeles Council President Nury Martinez to resign after she referred to his adopted Black son as a monkey in leaked audio tapes and expressed a desire to beat him. @SpecNews1SoCal
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Giggin’s lawyer provided this photo of four of the twelve deputies who searched her home. More showed up at her office where staff says they seized servers from Peace Over Violence meaning the non-profit cannot function. The Metro contract under investigation ended in December.
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BREAKING: shock and appall at LA City Council when members Kevin de Leon and Cedillo attempt to attend the meeting amid a cascade of calls for them to resign after leaked, racist comments. Eventually they leave so meeting begins. Crowd demands resignations today. @SpecNews1SoCal
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There are now four whistleblowers with similar stories of alleged deputy gang activity by so-called "Executioners" at the Compton sheriff's station, according to attorney Alan Romero.
They are all in fear for their lives, especially after one found a dead rat on his doorstep.
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NEW: LA's new city controller Kenneth Mejia threw out the playbook and recruited Gen-Z volunteers to help shape his campaign strategy with TikTok videos, Corgis and informative billboards.
"We are community organizers. We are professionals, too. And we like to have fun."
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BREAKING: Los Angeles City Council is at a standstill as the heads of BLM-LA and LA Tenants Union urge the council to shut down all meetings until Martinez, Cedillo and de Leon resign. Acting President O’Farrell is intent on carrying on. Officers standing with riot gear.
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DEVELOPING: District Attorney George Gascon’s office says they rejected this case in September 2021 because there wasn’t enough evidence to prove a crime has been committed. The DA was not aware of the search warrants today and says they will not defend them in court.
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South LA’s neighborhood council is calling for the LAPD officer responsible for the decision to detonate explosives in the neighborhood to face criminal charges and internal discipline.
“We’re calling for accountability,” says Ron Gochez, the author of last night’s motion.
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I lost my phone at City Hall today and the police at the front desk told me there is NO LOST AND FOUND.
Guys, I once lost my phone at the LA Zoo and someone brought it to lost and found.
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DEVELOPING: The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department executed a search warrant at the home of Commissioner Patti Giggans, looking into no-bid contracts awarded to her domestic violence non-profit.
Commissioner Giggans has been investigating alleged deputy gangs in LASD.
Breaking: Sheriff’s deputies are taking boxes from Civilian Oversight Commissioner Patty Giggin’s Los Angeles home, part of a sprawling investigation that includes Metro and Supervisor Sheila Kuehl. The COC has held a series of investigative hearings into alleged gangs in LASD.
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Here’s what New York Governor Kathy Hochul told Spectrum NY1 after Jordan Neely was killed on the subway.
“There’s consequences for behavior.”
It appears she meant the *victim’s* behavior.
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WATCH: a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the heart of Los Angeles behind the locked doors of Men's Central Jail. Inside, men told us they had no hot water and no hot meals.
"If I didn't have family that cared for me, I'd be dead."
Full story: bit.ly/40v0ilG
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Retired teacher Auzie Houchins was inside his home when the LAPD overloaded a containment vehicle with fireworks in South LA. The #LAPDBlast shattered all 16 windows and displaced his family. His dog ran away.
Weeks later, his partner says the stress lead to his sudden death.
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Wow. The LAPD just confirmed this email is legit. The operation is now postponed and the officer will receive “extensive training.”
If this email is legit, the LAPD is planning to arrest homeless on Thursday June 29th in Woodland Hills by a “hush hush task force”.
This language sounds like they’re trying to herd & trap homeless. Wild language.
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Currently listening to @LAPDHQ and @LAPDChiefMoore erase me from the media arrests at Echo Park Lake in their report to the @lapdcommission. I have so much to say and will share my thoughts once they are organized.
"Wait. I'm with Spectrum News 1."
"I have to stay with my crew."
This is the moment three LAPD officers pulled me from a crowd of protestors and zip tied my hands tonight at Echo Park Lake. @SpecNews1SoCal
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Blasted windows, cracked stucco, blown out gates. Here is the damage more than a week after LAPD detonated explosives in this South LA neighborhood.
Four neighbors on this street have now told me they were *not* told to evacuate by @LAPDHQ.
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SCOOP: a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy openly displays an affiliation with the Three Percenters extremist movement on a locker at the East LA Sheriff’s station, supporting Supervisor Sheila Kuehl’s claims.
Sources confirm IG Max Huntsman took this photo last Monday.
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INBOX: Progressive challenger Eunisses Hernandez declares victory over incumbent Democrat Gil Cedillo to represent Los Angeles Council District 1.
Hernandez is a local community organizer who has been instrumental in pushing the County to build alternatives to incarceration.
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I'll be on @SpecNews1SoCal starting at noon with the latest on the investigation. Special report airing at 5 p.m.
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Undersheriff Timothy Murakami, who has defied several subpoenas to testify in front of the Civilian Oversight Commission on deputy gangs, says he is overseeing the investigation into Commissioner Giggans.
piped.video/watch?v=RmU5XOdx…
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The #LAPDBlast displaced Jose Becerra and 3 generations living in this 100 year old home on 27th St. Their insurance only covers half of what it will cost to repair it.
Every day they wake up and wonder if the city will pay for the next night in a motel. @SpecNews1SoCal
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BREAKING: Representative Karen Bass edges ahead of developer Rick Caruso in primary election for Los Angeles mayor with the latest batch of mail-in-ballots processed by @LACountyRRCC
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NEW: An LASD whistleblower alleges Sheriff Alex Villanueva has direct knowledge of cheating on internal promotional exams, alleging deputies loyal to Villanueva score "suspiciously high," in a lawsuit filed today in LA Superior Court. 🧵
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BREAKING: Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Assemblyman Isaac Bryan and Assemblymember Tina McKinnor call on Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Kevin de Leon and Gil Cedillo to all resign immediately. @SpecNews1SoCal
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Gonzalez said the Executioners controlled the work schedule and boosted arrest numbers at the station. He accused them of falsely reporting suspects had guns in order to justify use of force.
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I was swarmed by 4,000+ bots after I posted this story on Instagram. Now learning this is likely a nefarious attempt to sabotage my reach.
Thank you to all the real people who share and engage with stories on LA’s deputy gang crisis.
WATCH: LA County has a database of 59 lawsuits where sheriff's deputies are alleged to be in a deputy gang.
The deadly shooting of Anthony Vargas is one of them, but the jury didn't hear any evidence of that when the case went to trial.
FULL STORY: spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west…
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Five years ago, I quit my tv news job in San Francisco with no fallback plan and moved back to LA.
I was passed over by the local stations and had to get a job as a barista in Palms.
Today I woke up to see I'm a finalist for an @LAPressClub award.
Thankful for this journey.
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NEW: the death of Keenan Anderson is renewing urgent calls for unarmed crisis response in Los Angeles.
His family will hold a vigil at 6 p.m. Saturday at Venice & Lincoln, where he was repeatedly tased by LAPD. They plan to honor the life of the 31yo father who loved teaching.
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Here is the moment @LAPDHQ escorted me out of the crowd and zip tied my hands. I’m turning back and insisting that I promised my newsroom I would protect my crew and identifying the photographers who are with me.
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The epitome of doom scrolling is checking to see which of my favorite reporters lost their jobs today. We take local news for granted. It’s disappearing before our eyes.
Really sad, disturbing day for all of Los Angeles.
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More than a week after the LAPD detonation, neighbors are still figuring out what to do and nervous about going public with their complaints against the police. This woman and her husband were physically unable to evacuate because of disabilities.
More: bit.ly/2Tb4jhK
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BREAKING: the parents of 14 yo Valentina Orellana Peralta are holding a press conference with @BenCrumpLaw outside LAPD headquarters Tuesday. Their lawyers sent a letter to the LAPD today demanding transparency in her “wrongful death” and warning of a potential civil suit.
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NEW: The FBI infiltrated the racial justice movement in Denver in 2020, according to @trevoraaronson's investigative podcast #Alphabetboys.
Internal FBI docs and hours of secret recordings revealed the informant escalated protests and compelled activists to commit crimes.
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BREAKING: LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho says there are currently “federal vans” parked within blocks of two public schools. He did not name which ones. Carvalho - who came to the US undocumented - said “every student has a constitutional right to a public education.”
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DEVELOPING: Acting Los Angeles City Council President Mitch O'Farrell said he advised members Gil Cedillo & Kevin de Leon not to show up today. They would not commit to resigning.
O'Farrell says the city cannot move forward until all 3 heard in the racist conversation resign.
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Shameful reporting. The crime described in this report does not fall under the $0 bail policy. In fact, first degree burglary cases now go to a magistrate to decide on release.
It quotes Sheriff Luna who had an opportunity to defend bail in court before the ruling and didn’t.
“What our 2023 study found was frightening: 163% more crime + 200% more violent crime committed in CA by arrestees released from jail on Zero Bail,” one California prosecutor said. ktla.com/news/local-news/com…
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THREAD: I spent a week in South Central interviewing neighbors, business owners, witnesses and community advocates about the LAPD fireworks detonation that displaced 70+ people and destroyed several homes.
They want accountability.
More: bit.ly/2Tb4jhK
@SpecNews1SoCal
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WATCH: LA County has a database of 59 lawsuits where sheriff's deputies are alleged to be in a deputy gang.
The deadly shooting of Anthony Vargas is one of them, but the jury didn't hear any evidence of that when the case went to trial.
FULL STORY: spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west…
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“No human being deserves to die in fear,” Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors speaks about the death of her cousin Keenan Anderson after he was repeatedly teased by LAPD officers. Cullors is calling on Mayor Karen Bass to not give Chief Michel Moore a 2nd term.
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As Sheriff Alex Villanueva uses the search by the LA County Sheriff’s Department to promote his re-election campaign on Instagram, Supervisor Sheila Kuehl accuses him of harassment, intimidation & retaliation and vows the search itself will be investigated.
(by whom, I ask)
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DoorDash has suspended operations in Los Angeles County and Santa Clarita County until 11 am Monday
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“There are parties after shootings. They call them ‘998 parties.’ Some people say it’s to celebrate the deputy is alive. Others say it’s to celebrate that they’re going to be ‘inking’ somebody.”
My full story:
bit.ly/3bbzrlR
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BREAKING: Los Angeles City Council at a standstill after embattled Councilmember Kevin de León returns to chambers and other members walk out. He’s now 20 minutes into a heated conversation with Council President Paul Krekorian as activists in the chambers should “resign Kevin!”
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As we eagerly anticipate LA Councilmember Kevin de Leon’s first television interview after a cascade of calls to resign following the leak of a racist conversation, I’d like to share the responses I’ve received from his head of communications this week.
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BREAKING: Moore says the amount of explosives likely exceeded the weight rated for the TCV, according to the preliminary investigation. Essentially, the bomb squad guessed the weight based on appearance but did not actually weigh the devices before detonating the #lapdblast
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So two days after laying off 100+ journalists the LA Times sponsored a cushy mixer with elected officials that included the city attorney who is actively suing an independent reporter. Cool cool.
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My apologies for misspelling Giggans in my tweets but in my defense I pulled the spelling from LASD docs that repeatedly misspell her name.
I regret the error.
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BREAKING: Senator Grassley’s investigation concludes Mayor Garcetti likely knew a former senior advisor was sexually harassing and making racist remarks toward multiple individuals, contradicting Garcetti’s testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. @SpecNews1SoCal
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Big personal news ✨
I’ve joined Your Morning as an anchor and political reporter covering City Hall and breaking stories. I’ll be in studio, in the field, anchoring, interviewing - all of it!
Honored to work and learn from the phenomenal @gisellefernanfez ❤️
Let’s go!
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NEW: Los Angeles Councilmember Gil Cedillo has been excused from all City Council meetings this week and hasn't returned calls or emails from @SpecNews1SoCal.
Challenger Eunisses Hernandez has declared victory in the election to represent CD1.
More: bit.ly/3bvrfRn
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Breaking: Special counsel report calls deputy gangs a 'cancer' inside the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department following a historic series of investigative hearings in 2022.
The report found alleged active deputy gangs in at least four stations.
spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west…
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Deputy Art Gonzalez - whose testimony is now public - has not received any protection from @LASDHQ after reporting alleged gang activity by a group of 15-20 deputies with matching skull tattoos.
Instead, he says his initial, anonymous complaint was quickly leaked to the gang:
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NEW: LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s campaign manager Javier Gonzalez says he does not see a path to victory. Challenger Robert Luna leads vote count by 20%.
LASD says Villanueva will hold a press conference at 2 pm to “address several areas of current public interest.”
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LA Times responds:
An important message about a free press and the dangers of criminalizing news reporting from LAT executive editor @meridak in the case of @AleneTchek
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NEW: Rep Katie Porter says she’s running in 2024 while California’s incumbent Senator Dianne Feinstein hasn’t said anything about stepping aside 👀
California needs a warrior in the Senate—to stand up to special interests, fight the dangerous imbalance in our economy, and hold so-called leaders like Mitch McConnell accountable for rigging our democracy.
Today, I'm proud to announce my candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2024.
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Just to be crystal clear - I identified myself as a reporter for Spectrum News 1 and showed my LA County press pass.
- I told the officers who corralled us
- texted LAPD’s PIO my location
- my newsroom called their supervisor
They still handcuffed me.
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BREAKING: police in riot gear grabbed a protestor by the neck after he entered City Hall demanding resignations of members Kevin de Leon and Gil Cedillo after leak of racist conversation. Acting President Mitch O’Farrell is presiding over mostly empty chamber. @SpecNews1SoCal
DEVELOPING: much quieter scene inside Los Angeles City Council as the meeting goes virtual and only press allowed to attend in chambers after Covid exposures. Acting President Mitch O’Farrell says he has a quorum. We can hear protestors outside. @SpecNews1SoCal
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BREAKING: the city of Compton accuses the LA County Sheriff’s Department of bilking the city out of millions of dollars through fraudulent billing, possibly going back to the station’s inception in 2000, in a lawsuit filed today.
@SpecNews1SoCal
bit.ly/3kB4Vb4
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Now aware of 7 journalists who have tested positive for Covid-19 after covering Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s election night party. (I just tested negative.)
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Short list of ppl calling for resignations:
-Caruso
-Bass
-LA Dem party
-Superintendent Carvalho
-Senator Padilla
-City Atty Feuer
-Councilmember Harris-Dawson
-Councilmember Hutt
-Councilmember Raman
-Councilmember Koretz
-Councilmember Bonin
-Incoming Councilmember Hernandez
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The Los Angeles County investigative hearing into deputy gangs is now underway at LMU, begins with Counsel Bert Deixler lamenting that a department witness dropped out Saturday over fears for their physical safety if they cooperated and said county lawyers stonewalled efforts.
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BREAKING: thousands of LAUSD workers are on strike and teachers will not cross the picket line, shutting down schools across LA. Congressman Adam Schiff is here at the press conference launching the walk out.
@SpecNews1SoCal
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The incident has been handed over to District Attorney @GeorgeGascon, who will ultimately decide whether Douglas Johnson's use of force was illegal. You can read. @AleneTchek's important work here:
lat.ms/3vgA7Sj
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District Attorney George Gascon rejected this case in Sept 2021 and said he will not defend the search warrants in court.
Why would LASD take extraordinary measures without the support of a prosecutorial agency to bring charges?
Were the optics the point?
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BREAKING: activists have shut down the Los Angeles City Council vote to expand the anti-camping ordinance 41.18 to include every school and many daycares in the city. Members are in recess while about 70 activists refuse to leave the chambers.
NEW: Los Angeles is poised to expand its anti-camping law to all schools and many daycares just as a vital pandemic shelter program ends, sending clients back to the streets.
"It's a circle. It just keeps going 'round and 'round and 'round."
More: bit.ly/3vtb2TS
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Gonzalez says Executioners held crucial positions at the Compton station: scheduling, dispatch and even internal affairs. That gave the alleged gang immense power - allowing them to give overtime, days off, and assignments to members and prospects.
bit.ly/33d6n9E
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The LA County Sheriff's Dept just announced a new anti-deputy gang policy that prohibits "being members of a law enforcement gang" or a hate group...but I'll save my breaking news banner for the day it gets enforced.
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The judge noted that the contempt proceeding is criminal in nature and could result in a maximum fine of $3,000 and jail time of up to 15 days.
The subpoenas issued in September, October and November 2021 required
Villanueva to provide sworn virtual testimony.
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A mayoral candidate talking smack to me about another mayoral candidate wearing Gucci loafers on Skid Row is peak Los Angeles politics.
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The second year anniversary of the Echo Park Lake sweep has me sad about the decline of Twitter, which was such a key part of getting the story out and sharing information in real time. No platform compares when it comes to following a developing story and breaking news.
"Wait. I'm with Spectrum News 1."
"I have to stay with my crew."
This is the moment three LAPD officers pulled me from a crowd of protestors and zip tied my hands tonight at Echo Park Lake. @SpecNews1SoCal
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CONTENT WARNING: Two months before the George Floyd incident, eleven CHP officers pinned Edward Bronstein to the ground as he screamed and said he couldn't breath. The coroner said he died of "acute methamphetamine intoxication during restraint by law enforcement."
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The President of the United States has entered the chat
President Joe Biden called for the resignation of all of the City Councilmembers involved in the leaked conversation. “The language that was used and tolerated during that conversation was unacceptable,” Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. specne.ws/kKEPAi
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ICYMI: Undersheriff Timothy Murakami refused to answer *any* questions at a public event last week, five months after Los Angeles County officials told him testifying is an essential part of his job.
The next day, he was a no show at the deputy gang hearing, defying a subpoena.
Investigative hearings into alleged deputy gangs in the LA County Sheriff’s Department will continue today.
Undersheriff Murakami is fighting two subpoenas to appear. A doctor’s note says he should avoid "confrontational situations" & "excessive stress."
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BREAKING: Los Angeles City Council has been disrupted again and two people detained ahead of the final vote to expand 41.18 no camping zones to all schools and daycares.
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UPDATE: LAPD Chief Moore said the investigation was leaked by a now retired command officer in the Hollywood Division. The NY AG said the captain continually leaked updates to Moonves (the subject of the investigation) and even expressed dismay when the story became public.
LAPD News: LAPD Chief Moore’s Statement on the New York Attorney General’s Investigation Involving a Former Command Officer.
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