California lawmakers want tougher penalties for looting and first responder shams
AB 469 seeks to close loopholes and strengthen sentences for looting and fake first responders in disaster zones.
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LA County DA, state legislators seek crackdown on fire looting
A proposed state law seeks tougher penalties for looting and crimes in fire zones, lawmakers and Los Angeles County District ...
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Jury Convicts L.A. Deputy Who Bodyslammed Black Woman, Pinned Knee on Her Neck, and Pepper-Sprayed Her Twice for Filming Arrest
A Los Angeles deputy has been found guilty of excessive force after violently body slamming a woman and pepper-spraying her ...
Ex-Garfield County corporal arrested for embezzlement
Worley was a 14-year veteran with the Garfield County Sheriff's Office before these allegations came to light.
Sex offender accused of exposing himself while defecating in public in Winlock
A Level 2 sex offender was arrested on Friday for allegedly exposing himself while defecating by a roadway in Winlock. Manuel Lopez Swearengin, 36, was arrested after a citizen reported that a ...
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Thousands told to evacuate after two new blazes start in Los Angeles County
Evacuation orders and warnings were issued to more than 31,000 people in the vicinity of two new wildfires north of Los Angeles on Wednesday. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los ...
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Thousands ordered to flee their homes after new blaze ignites in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna told reporters. Fueled by dry, windy conditions, the blaze had scorched 9,400 acres by Wednesday afternoon, Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Anthony ...
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New US ‘Hughes’ wildfire rips through mountains north of Los Angeles
Robert Jensen of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department urged everyone in the fire-affected area to leave immediately and not suffer the same fate as some in the devastating fires that hit ...
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New fire burns over 10,000 acres in northern Los Angeles County amid strong winds
according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The moment the fire erupted was captured on camera from a U.C. San Diego camera. Massive columns of smoke were rising above the burn area ...
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Altadena sheriff’s station reopens after smoke contaminants prompted closure
Four days after airborne contamination from wildfire smoke prompted the closure of its Altadena station, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Monday the facility is once again fully ...
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2 people arrested with fire truck while impersonating firefighters at LA wildfires: Police
Dozens of arrests have been made for looting at evacuated homes. Two people from Oregon were arrested for posing as firefighters in the Pacific Palisades area, according to the Los Angeles County ...
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Los Angeles will face another round of fire-fueling Santa Ana winds this week
Approximately 41,000 people remained under an evacuation order or warning in Los Angeles County on Saturday, the sheriff’s department said. Several areas previously under evacuation orders ...