reporting for @latimes

Joined February 2025
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A former Whittier detective has pled guilty in a shooting that left an unarmed man paralyzed in 2020. Under the terms of the deal, Salvador Murillo will avoid jail time, but he can no longer be a peace officer in California. latimes.com/california/story…
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A week before Renee Good was killed, an off-duty ICE agent fatally shot Keith Porter in L.A. DHS called Porter an "active shooter," yet no one else was hurt. Porter's family says he was no threat. What really happened? Latest w/ @liborjany & @cbuch03 latimes.com/california/story…
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NEW: I spoke to 9 ex-DOJ lawyers who resigned from antisemitism investigations into UCLA and other University of California campuses who say they were pressured to find UC guilty of violations. One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation." latimes.com/california/story…
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In court this morning monitoring the PROP 50 case. Prosecutors brought RealClearPolitics elections analyst Dr. Sean Trende to the stand, who told the court he believed an "appendage" added to District 13 was indicative of "racial gerrymandering." latimes.com/california/story…
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Latest with @cbuch03 ahead of sentencing in Matthew Perry case latimes.com/california/story…
Here for sentencing of Salvador Plasencia, who supplied ketamine to Matthew Perry in weeks leading up to his death. Perry’s parents wrote impact statements. “How long did you possibly see supplying Matthew countless doses without his death to eventually follow? Did you care?”
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