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Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca is spending his first night in federal prison for obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI. Former Sheriff Baca loses last bid to stay out of prison ... Read More

Prosecution Rests in Trial of Ex-L.A. Sheriff Lee Baca

The prosecution rested Thursday afternoon in the obstruction trial of former L.A. Sheriff Lee Baca after a sitting federal judge, the former U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, testified that Baca had ... Read More

Disgraced Ex-LA Sheriff Ordered to Prison After Justices Refuse Appeal

former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was ordered to begin serving his three-year prison sentence after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take his appeal. Leroy “Lee” Baca, 77, served as the top ... Read More

4 Current or Former Members of L.A. County Sheriff's Office Died by Suicide Within Span of 2 Days

The deaths are being investigated by homicide officials, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said ... CBS and KTLA, the four former and current officers died by suicide. Three of the members ... Read More

Suspect in custody after reportedly shooting L.A. County deputy

A person has been arrested after authorities launched a manhunt in connection with a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy who was reportedly shot in the chest and rushed to the hospital Monday. Sky5 ... Read More

Judy Baca Brings ‘The Great Wall Of Los Angeles’ Into The Los Angeles County Museum Of Art

Baca founded the City of Los Angeles ... north of downtown L.A. about five miles from the Wall’s future location. She put herself through art school at nearby Cal State University, Northridge. Read More

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy killed in crash

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was killed in a crash Friday. The deputy was identified as Daniel Okamoto, according to L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna. Okamoto was killed in an off-duty ... Read More

Miami-Dade deputy superintendent joins Los Angeles Unified

The Los Angeles Unified school ... Torrens comes from Miami-Dade County Public Schools after 37 years at the school system — 10 months as deputy superintendent and two years before that as chief of ... Read More

Dakota Smith

She joined the newsroom in 2016 and previously covered City Hall for the Los Angeles Daily News. She is a graduate of Lewis & Clark College and lives in Los Angeles. Read More

Lee County Sheriff’s Office

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man for allegedly exposing himself to people in a South Fort Myers Walmart. A school bus crash on a busy road in Lee County caused some serious ... Read More

Next Up in CSU Faculty Union’s Series of One-Day Strikes: CSU Los Angeles

Pickets at Cal State Los Angeles are expected to run from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday. CFA members also plan to hold a noon rally with faculty, student and staff speakers, and another rally at 4 p ... Read More