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UPDATED, 3 PM: Embattled Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has conceded defeat in his re-election bid against former Long Beach police Chief Robert Luna. In his concession speech Tuesday, after slamming critics for pushing what he called “false narratives” about his leadership of the department…

A documentary production company that specializes in videos of arrests and transportation crashes is taking legal action to obtain video through the California Public Records Act regarding the 2020 helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others. Real…

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s executed a search warrant on the home of Supervisor Sheila Kuehl on Wednesday, in what they said was part of an ongoing corruption investigation. But Kuehl, a critic of Sheriff Alex Villanueva, blasted the action, calling it a “sort of a bogus, non investigation.” The Sheriff’s Department…

UPDATED: The Los Angeles mayoral primary race that saw billionaire Grove developer Rick Caruso in the lead and Rep. Karen Bass trailing on election night has swung the other way as mail-in ballots, which make up the majority of the city’s votes, have crawled in. Caruso’s share of the tally has dropped 5 percentage…

Sunday on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver tore into Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who is facing an election this year amid allegations of secret deputy gangs, abuse of power and cover-ups in his department — all of which Villanueva denies. “His re-election bid this year has been overshadowed by claims in…

A defiant Sheriff Alex Villanueva today used a news conference to blast a variety of his opponents both political and perceived, including election challenger Eli Vera, county Inspector General Max Huntsman and Los Angeles Times reporter Alene Tchekmedyian, who broke an explosive story of an altercation involving the…

With Sheriff Alex Villanueva declining to enforce the county’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate among his deputies, the Board of Supervisors today voted to develop a proposal that would give the county’s personnel director overriding authority to discipline any employees who fail to comply with the requirement, including…

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said today 1,357 department employees had not submitted their vaccination status as of Friday, and each commander has received a list of their names to begin enforcement of the city’s vaccination and testing mandate. Moore also told the Police Commission the department currently…

UPDATED with most recent Covid numbers: Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has warned public safety will be threatened by a “mass exodus” of employees from his department caused by a vaccination mandate for all L.A. County employees issued by the Board of Supervisors. Villanueva previously said he would…

On the eve of an order from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors that all county employees get vaccinated against Covid-19, Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he would not enforce the rule in his department. “This issue has become so politicized, there are entire groups of employees that are willing to be…

He’s got 99 problems, but a mask ain’t one. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Friday that his department will not enforce the new mandatory indoor mask requirement that will begin tonight at 11:59 PM. The county Department of Public Health revived its indoor mask requirement on Thursday after a spike in…

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