Dedication: Crenshaw and Slauson to Forever be Known as “Nipsey Hussle Square” - my photos and story from the day: la.streetsblog.org/2026/03/05/d...

Feds say 18th Street boss 'Moms' led gang for imprisoned Mexican Mafia member

Bob Power, recording engineer for the Roots and A Tribe Called Quest, dies at 73

LAPD's relationship with Flock Safety under scrutiny from oversight body

A former LAPD officer was convicted Monday of taking $350,000 worth of cryptocurrency from a 17-year-old in a 2024 home invasion robbery. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Surveillance company Flock generates controversy — and a roster of L.A. clients

LAPD helicopters barred from flying around LAX airspace 'until further notice'

Police killed SoCal man with a 'less-lethal' round. Officer's use of force is ruled justified

LAPD officer is accused of skydiving while on disability leave in high-flying fraud case

At L.A. County's largest Black-owned farm, healing grows from the ground up

Who will run 'El Mencho's' cartel? It could be a man born in California

'Blindsided' KTLA journalist and others speak out against recent layoffs

"Anyone who paid to light a virtual candle — priced from $7.99 to keep it lit for a month to $24.99 to keep it burning for “eternity” — was refunded, the spokesperson said." www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Jury rejects claim that LAPD officer was killed in training over sexual assault report

South L.A. just became a Black cultural district. So where should its monument stand?

After railing against narcoterrorists + deporting migrants w/no criminal record, President Trump pardoned the former Honduran president last year – then federal officials lifted his ICE hold & whisked him to the Waldorf Astoria My latest for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Today @lataco.bsky.social launched a fundraiser to help me start their investigative news desk. We're hoping to raise $25k to help pay for lab tests, analyze ICE data that the Daily Memo's been compiling + work with more freelancers. Been dreaming of this for years! givebutter.com/la-taco-inve...

Secrecy surrounds hiring of LAPD messaging guru with Hollywood background

We lost an incredible LA Times colleague, Jeanette Marantos. She was a dedicated reporter - when an ICE raid on a cannabis farm broke out last July, Jeanette, whose beat was plants, was first on the scene and central to making sure we had accurate, quick information. www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...

LAPD to train their body cameras on immigration agents, under mayor's directive

Older Asians could be susceptible to ATM robberies during Lunar New Year, officials warn

FBI arrest Montreal man for alleged role in Ryan Wedding plot to murder federal witness

Amid increased arrests and deportations, an immigrant artist confronts fear through street art

Seven masked men. One fatal mistake. A dropped phone that cracked the case. Inside the Fashion District killing that led detectives into a maze of gangs and unanswered questions

Ex-LAPD Officer Clifford Proctor was indicted for murder. Then, he spent a year flying internationally and living at his Southern California home without DHS or L.A. authorities trying to arrest him. Latest from the "Wait... what?" files w/ @lacrimes.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Across California, local elections administrators are running table-top exercises to prepare for once unthinkable threats — not from local rabble-rousers, remote cyberattackers or foreign adversaries, but their own federal government. In today's @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

The violence against immigrants, protesters and civilian observers in Minneapolis has sparked renewed calls for oversight of the Border Patrol. It is a pattern abuse with a long history in Mexican American communities on the border, icymi from me and Eileen Sullivan. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

The LAPD sent officers to train in Israel. Officials can't explain what they learned

Coalition rallies to defend Cypress Park day labor center amid disputed Home Depot eviction threat

It's the Washington Generals dunking on the Harlem Globetrotters. L.A.'s federal public defenders are on an unprecedented winning streak as the U.S. Attorney's office pushes weak protest-related cases to trial. Great read from @brittnymejia.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

L.A. public defenders are on a remarkable win streak as Trump DOJ charges activists It’s an extraordinary run. Fewer than 1% of federal criminal defendants were acquitted throughout the U.S. in fiscal year 2024, @brittnymejia.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

LAPD officer investigated for using photo of disgraced detective as phone lock screen

Homeboy Industries to convert Monastery of the Angels into treatment facility

LAPD kills man allegedly holding gun near California Science Center, officials say

After court ruling, Democratic lawmakers carry out congressional oversight at ICE facility in Los Angeles

Real estate developer Rick Caruso ruled out a run for mayor last month. Then he changed course Wednesday, saying he was taking another look at the idea. Now, a Caruso spokesperson says he's really and truly not running More from @noahmgoldberg.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Reporter @shoton35mm.bsky.social, on assignment for @lataco.bsky.social, was pepper-sprayed by DHSG and pushed by LAPD officers while covering a protest against immigration raids Jan. 30 in LA.

LA police shoot man they say had a gun in the parking lot of the California Science Center

ICE has established outposts in 5 Canadian cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Ottawa. Experts say the offices are not authorized to carry out independent investigations or carry out immigration enforcement. www.thestar.com/news/gta/ice...

Sources tell the LA Times that Mayor Karen Bass directed changes to the Palisades fire after-action report that softened criticism of the city’s response — contradicting her public statements.

Attorneys for Keith Porter Jr. — who was killed by an off-duty ICE agent on New Year’s Eve — are calling on the California A.G. to launch an independent investigation, accusing LAPD Chief McDonnell of being biased toward ICE. Latest w/ @liborjany.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Attorneys for man killed by off-duty ICE agent call on California A.G. to investigate

Would-be thieves in ski masks arrested after attempted Woodland Hills break-in

Straight Outta Compton: Centennial's comeback story, going from 1-23 to 12-12

"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

LAPD's relationship with federal authorities under scrutiny as criticism of ICE grows

Trump officials have repeatedly released inaccurate information when trying to justify ICE shootings. Is it creating a credibility crisis for federal law enforcement in court? My latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:

Don Lemon's arrest escalates Trump's clashes with journalists

Federal prosecutors have lost yet another immigration protest related trial in the Central District of California. This is the sixth trial that’s ended in an acquittal. By my count, they have yet to secure a guilty verdict from a jury. Feds had charged Isaias Lopez w/ assault on a federal officer.