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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today approved a number of proposals related to criminal justice reforms, including support for a statewide ban on carotid artery restraints. However, the board delayed a vote reforming on use-of-force policies.
The Board of Regents that oversees the 10 University of California campuses today unanimously endorsed a state constitutional amendment that would allow race and gender to once again be considered in admissions.
Crows, mockingbirds, house sparrows, house finches, orioles and even some peafowl are attracting attention all over Southern California, sparking interest in bird watching and birding websites.
As cleanup efforts continued in areas devastated by weekend looting and vandalism amid police-brutality protests, Southland law enforcement agencies braced today for renewed protests as communities issued sweeping curfews in hopes of quelling violence.
During a discussion today on the police protests occurring across the nation, Mayor Eric Garcetti said law enforcement departments must examine and improve the ways they recruit officers, how they train them and the oversight of officers.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said today she was "angry" and "pissed off" when she saw the video capturing the asphyxiation death of a black man in Minneapolis at the hands of a white police officer.
Following days of protests against police brutality, the president of the Los Angeles Police Commission president said today the board will take steps to review and revise police policies, with input from the community.
Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an executive directive today to address racial equity in Los Angeles by requiring city departments to plan for the reinstatement of affirmative action in California and for city employees to take implicit-bias training.
Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, long considered the central figure in a nearly two-year federal bribery and corruption probe at City Hall, was arrested today at his Boyle Heights home.
Torrance police were conducting another hate crime investigation today, searching for whoever sent a racist letter containing a bomb threat to a Japanese cookware store.
Southland community leaders and Democratic elected officials today praised the U.S. Supreme Court for rejecting President Donald Trump's effort to dismantle the Obama-era program that protects from deportation some 800,000 immigrants.
Clearly frustrated over continued public defiance in parts of the state -- most notably Orange County -- Gov. Gavin Newsom today ordered all residents to wear face coverings in almost all settings outside their homes to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
