LOS ANGELES — Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has been ordered to turn himself in no later than Feb. 5 to begin serving a three-year federal prison sentence for obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI. The 77-year-old former sheriff, who has Alzheimer’s disease, was sentenced in May 2017, but has remained Read More…
2019 YEAR IN REVIEW LOS ANGELES — Elected officials at the local, county and state levels struggled to deal with homelessness and rent control during 2019, while also trying to figure out how to cope with the state’s legalization of recreational use of marijuana and an increase in the use of e-cigarettes, which was creating Read More…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist Now that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has gotten his way and Judge Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed by the Senate and seated on the U.S. Supreme Court, what kind of justice will he be? That question is almost as hotly debated as Kavanaugh’s sexual proclivities, drinking and lies. Read More…
