Monday Morning Memo for December 11, 2017

Public, officials react to the verdict in Kate Steinle murder case

Reaction to the verdict for Jose Ines Garcia Zarate has been swift, from legal analysts to police to the public. Many have criticized the jury’s decision to not convict on the murder charge and say San Francisco is simply becoming too soft on crime. Outside the Hall of Justice this afternoon, two small groups of protesters clashed.
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Stanislaus County judge discusses Roman Polanski in a local sex case. Here’s why.
Dmitry Shubov, the founder of LegalMatch.com who is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old Modesto girl, wants the court to hand back his passports to travel internationally for business meetings. Prosecutors allege that Shubov, 44, met the girl on seekingarrangment.com.
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Los Angeles – like other cities – chases a growing mass of sex cases
Police in London, Los Angeles and New York are working to untangle an ever-growing mass of sexual assault and harassment complaints against powerful men, creating challenges even for big cities used to handling celebrities. Most of the cases stem from claims against media mogul Harvey Weinstein – but authorities say they’ve also taken complaints made against other men in power.
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New federal charges for man acquitted of shooting at SF pier
Federal authorities have charged a Mexican man with new immigration and gun violations less than a week after a San Francisco jury acquitted him of murder for the shooting death of Kate Steinle. Jose Ines Garcia Zarate was indicted Tuesday with two gun charges. A San Francisco jury convicted him of a state charge of felon in possession of a firearm after acquitting him of murder and assault for the July 1, 2015 shooting.
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Los Angeles city attorney sues Uber over data breach
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer has filed a lawsuit against Uber after the ride-sharing company admittedly failed to disclose a large-scale data breach in 2016. Feuer made the announcement Monday. “We allege Uber violated California law, and public trust, when it hid this massive data breach,” Feuer said.
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Man sentenced in Skid Row killing of transgender partner
The man found guilty of his transgender partner’s shooting death on Skid Row has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for his crime. Daniel Molayem was found guilty of first-degree murder in November for shooting his partner of 15 years Kourtney Yochum, 32. Witnesses said that on March 23, 2016, Molayem, 41, walked up to Yochum near Fifth and San Pedro streets in Downtown Los Angeles, fatally shooting her in the head.
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Why stealing a car might now be a misdemeanor in California
A staple of the old Oprah Winfrey Show was the prize giveaway at the end of the program, where “Lady O” would shower her audiences with everything from complimentary macaroni and cheese to brand new cars. The crowd would cheer and the viewing audience would be envious. But even now that Oprah is off the air, people can still cruise around town freely in rides they didn’t pay for – courtesy of your local Golden State courthouse.
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San Francisco’s shame
Advocates for illegal immigrants are unrepentant after yesterday’s shocking acquittal on all homicide charges of an illegal-alien confessed killer. The advocates are defending the sanctuary policies that had set in motion the 2015 killing in San Francisco; they have also doubled down on their opposition to any deportation of illegal aliens, criminal or otherwise.
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While progress is being made, opioid crisis could get worse
The Redding Police Department is on the frontline in the opioid crisis fight in the city, looking to rehabilitation programs as critical long-term solutions. Redding Police Chief Roger Moore said many of the calls his department receives for service are related to opioid addiction, including increased property crimes, burglaries and overdoses.
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The S.M.A.R.T. Program celebrates one-year anniversary
S.M.A.R.T., the innovative program that gets substance abusers off the streets and onto a track for success, celebrates its first anniversary today. The S.M.A.R.T. Program was launched by the San Diego City Attorney’s Office on December 1, 2016, as a compassionate solution to the increase in drug and street crimes that followed passage of Proposition 47.
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Prominent appeals court Judge Alex Kozinski accused of sexual misconduct
A former clerk for Judge Alex Kozinski said the powerful and well-known jurist, who for many years served as chief judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, called her into his office several times and pulled up pornography on his computer, asking if she thought it was photoshopped or if it aroused her sexually. Heidi Bond, who clerked for Kozinski from 2006 to 2007, said the porn was not related to any case.
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Transgender rights: Los Angeles families complain of insensitive treatment during court hearings
The Liljestrand family walked into the courthouse confident – if a bit nervous. They’d come to get their eldest child’s name legally changed to Melissa Rose and her gender designation switched from male to female. When it was finally their turn to be heard, the judge cleared the courtroom. Before long, he turned to the 14-year-old and asked how she knew she was a girl.
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Federal Judge rules: ‘Spindler did not threaten Wesson’
For the second consecutive time, notorious Los Angeles City Hall gadfly Wayne Spindler has defeated LA City Attorney Mike Feuer, as a federal judge ruled that Spindler did not threaten Herb Wesson, the LA City Council president, in an incident back on May 11, 2016. And for the second consecutive time, the LA Times failed to proactively report on it when the ruling came down last week, after its reporter Emily Alpert Reyes earlier wrote an untrue story on Spindler’s other legal entanglements with the city.
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Former DA Steve Cooley’s Blue Lives Matter includes tribute to a fallen K-9
Steve Cooley, former three-term LA County District Attorney and co-author of just-released Blue Lives Matter: In the Line of Duty, is not commonly known as a former LAPD Reserve Officer. I asked to interview him to review the book and learned that his father was an FBI agent, which undoubtedly fired the passion for law-enforcement that led Steve to serve as a Los Angeles Police Department Reserve Officer for over five years while he was studying law at USC.
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Inside a secret 2014 list of hundreds of L.A. deputies with histories of misconduct
It was a critical piece of evidence: an inmate’s shirt, bloodied from a jailhouse brawl. When it went missing, Deputy Jose Ovalle had an idea. He picked out a similar shirt, doused it with taco sauce and snapped a photograph, which was booked into evidence with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, law enforcement records show.
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LAPD cadet scandal: Joyrides in cruisers went on for weeks before anyone caught on
If the group of young Los Angeles police cadets accused of stealing department vehicles had any fear of getting caught, they certainly didn’t show it. For weeks, according to documents, the teens drove to and from LAPD-related events and on joyrides as far away as Corona and Santa Clarita.
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‘Penny-Pincher Bandit’ Fatally shot by undercover police in North Hollywood: LAPD
Authorities have connected a man fatally shot by undercover police in North Hollywood Thursday to an armed robbery in Canoga Park the previous weekend. In a statement released on Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department said the so-called “penny pincher bandit” was the same individual who died from a gunshot wound after a confrontation with police in the North Hollywood area.
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Ex-Merced detective resigns after being accused of embezzlement, DA’s office says
The veteran investigator for the Merced Police Department who has been accused of embezzling money from the police union resigned Friday, according to the Merced County District Attorney’s Office. Former Merced Detective Joe Deliman is under investigation by the state Attorney General’s Office for allegedly embezzling “thousands” of dollars from the Merced Police Officers Union, according to an investigator’s affidavit for a search warrant.
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Girl’s Christmas tree wish comes true, thanks to deputies
An 11-year-old Lynwood girl wrote a letter asking only for a Christmas Tree for her family. She waited outside her home for four days, hoping for someone who could help. Her wish was eventually answered by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies. “We were out on patrol, we had a call for service out there,” said Deputy Pedro Valencia. While on the road, they were flagged down by a little girl.
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2017’s safest cities in America
People encounter hazards every day, some serious, others rare and innocuous. But we fear certain kinds more than others. According to Gallup, four in 10 Americans “fear being a victim of a mass shooting,” while 30 percent of U.S. adults are concerned about terrorism. Many also worry about falling victim to hate crimes or sexual assault. The list goes on, and these sentiments often are expressed in response to recent headlines.
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Think race isn’t a problem in California? New report shows otherwise
Don’t be fooled by California’s increasing diversity. Racial and ethnic inequity remains a key problem and a potential barrier to future growth, according to Race Counts, a new Web tool that measures racial and ethnic disparities in the state’s 58 counties. Marin County, for example – one of the wealthiest and most socially progressive communities in America – ranks dead last when it comes to racial inequities in several key factors, according to the data.
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Sexual harassment at the California Capitol: Are there ‘rapists’ in the building?
The California State Assembly’s point person investigating sexual harassment at the state capitol called on victims’ rights advocate and Democratic National Committeewoman Christine Pelosi Sunday to notify police if she believes a lawmaker has committed a violent sexual assault. Assemblywoman Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) says she was shocked to hear Pelosi’s claim that there are “rapists in this building” during a hearing of her committee Tuesday at the state capitol.
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L.A. asked for $3 million for community policing. The DOJ said no. Some fear it’s a sign of what’s ahead.
In 2015, a community policing initiative – one credited with helping curb violence in some of L.A.’s toughest housing projects – scored the Los Angeles Police Department high-level praise. A captain and a sergeant who led the program were invited to Washington, D.C., earning coveted seats near the first lady during President Obama’s State of the Union address.
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Why New York City created its own fund to bail people out of jail
At 7 p.m. on a Thursday inside the Bronx Criminal Court, Lisa Whiteside is trying to determine who she can prevent from spending the night on Riker’s Island. She scans the docket of 30 scheduled arraignments, knowing it will likely double in length as the night gets longer. Whiteside sits across one side of a thick glass barrier and asks promising candidates whether or not they have secure housing.
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5 big numbers tell the story of LA’s cash bail system
A new report released Monday provides a first-of-its-kind glimpse at L.A.’s bail system – and a sense of what’s at stake in the coming debate over whether it’s fair for the criminal justice system to demand bail from low level offenders. Governor Brown and Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye have pledged to reform the system next year, joining efforts already under way by State Senator Robert Hertzberg of the San Fernando Valley and others.
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Crime rates down in California, up in L.A. County, during period of criminal justice reform
Between 2010 and 2016, crime in Los Angeles County – including property and violent crime – rose by 5% even as overall crime in the rest of the state fell by the same rate, according to a report released Tuesday. The study by the nonprofit Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice analyzed city crime trends throughout California during a period referred to as the “justice reform era,” where legislation, voter-approved initiatives and court mandates brought major changes to California’s justice system.
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Pasadena police could partner with Glendale to share infrastructure, operations of a combined radio system
Pasadena could be partnering with the City of Glendale to establish a combined radio communication system of a recommendation is approved Monday afternoon by the Public Safety Committee and Monday night by the City Council. The proposed system would enable the City to maintain regional interoperability while meeting the critical communication requirements of its public safety agencies and municipal services, according to a City staff report.
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[av_button label=’Pasadena News Now’ link=’manually,Pasadena could be partnering with the City of Glendale to establish a combined radio communication system of a recommendation is approved Monday afternoon by the Public Safety Committee and Monday night by the City Council. The proposed system would enable the City to maintain regional interoperability while meeting the critical communication requirements of its public safety agencies and municipal services, according to a City staff report.’ link_target=’_blank’ size=’small’ position=’left’ icon_select=’no’ icon=’ue800′ font=’entypo-fontello’ color=’theme-color’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ admin_preview_bg=”]

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Mysterious illnesses are plaguing people in California after a massive gas leak
Aliya Hall first started getting seriously sick in May 2016, months after officials said a massive natural gas leak near her home had been fixed. At first, the then 7-year-old girl would occasionally have inexplicable pain, or suffer nose bleeds. One day she woke up with a black eye. But as the weeks ticked by, illness grew more frequent.
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L.A. County officials launch effort to curb HIV
Los Angeles County public health officials on Friday announced an effort aimed at reducing the annual number of HIV infections by more than two-thirds and bringing an end to the virus that causes AIDS. More than 60,000 people in the county live with HIV, the second-largest such population in the nation. Around 1,850 new cases are diagnosed here each year, the majority among LGBTQ residents, Latinos and African Americans.
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LA County accused of illegally using taxpayer money to promote homeless tax
Los Angeles County officials are under investigation by a state agency for allegedly using taxpayer money to fund promotional campaigns in favor of Measure H, the half-cent sales tax that voters passed this year, to help people who are homeless. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and its President, Jon Coupal, filed a complaint with the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission in March.
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How to sign up for fire evacuation alerts in your area
Devastating wildfires occur every year across the state of California. These fast-moving flames can change direction without warning and approach surrounding communities in the middle of the night, putting lives and property at risk. In the past, residents would have to be listening to the radio or watching television to get an emergency alert warning them to evacuate.
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Christmas shoppers beware: U.S. law can’t protect you from dangerous counterfeits on Amazon and eBay
Over the years that I spent in China I can remember numerous occasions where I would be shopping for something on Taobao or another Chinese e-commerce site and have a Chinese friend look over my shoulder and ask if I’d like some help. This offer usually wasn’t negotiable, they were basically saying, “You’re a foreigner and don’t know how to shop online in China and it’s my responsibility to save you.” More often than not, they were correct.
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Officials warn of price gouging as wildfires char Southern California
With several dangerous fires burning around Los Angeles, state and local law enforcement officials issued a consumer alert Wednesday, warning residents to be on the lookout for instances of price gouging. “Price gouging during a public emergency isn’t just outrageous, it’s illegal,” Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer said.
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Amazon got busted selling counterfeit Mercedes-Benz parts — now everything may change
While it is of course illegal to sell counterfeit and otherwise trademark infringing merchandise in the U.S., Amazon has so far been able to skirt liability for this crime by claiming they are merely a venue for the sale of such products, as opposed to being the actual seller. While piles of lawsuits have been logged by numerous parties attempting to refute this position, none have yet demonstrated much promise in court. Until now.
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Alibaba is facing a revived lawsuit over not doing enough to stop counterfeit goods
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit accusing Alibaba Group of defrauding shareholders by concealing a regulatory warning about counterfeiters that the Chinese online retailer had received shortly before going public. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled 3-0 that a lower court judge erred in dismissing claims by holders of Alibaba’s American Depositary Shares and ADS call options against Alibaba, Executive Chairman Jack Ma and others.
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California appeals court justice retires in face of sex harassment, bigotry allegations
Conrad Rushing, the powerful state appellate court justice who presided for 15 years over a sprawling district including San Jose, was facing allegations of bigotry, sexual harassment and discrimination against women when he retired earlier this week, according to sources and an internal report obtained by this news organization.
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Commentary: Sexual assault is not ‘inappropriate behavior.’ It’s sexual assault
NBC fired former Today show host Matt Lauer on Wednesday for what its initial statement called “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.” Recent reports about Louis C.K., Roy Moore, and Al Franken refer to “sexual misconduct.” “Inappropriate sexual behavior” and “sexual misconduct” don’t even come close to precisely describing the accusations against these men.
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Here are all the public figures who’ve been accused of sexual misconduct after Harvey Weinstein
Since the New York Times and The New Yorker first published allegations of sexual harassment and rape against Harvey Weinsteinby Rose McGowan, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ashley Judd and dozens of others, the disgraced producer has been fired from his company and Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance is reportedly seeking an indictment against him.
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Louis C.K. and other disgraced Hollywood men have put hundreds out of work just before the holidays
When art director Francis Giglio signed on to work on the TBS animated series “The Cops” last summer, he believed he had a full-time job through next May. The project starring the comic dream team of Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks meant steady income for the 36-year-old Newhall resident, who is supporting a wife and a young daughter.
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Cops launch fresh investigation into Roman Polanski after Sun Online revealed SEVEN new accusers had come forward
Disgraced movie director Polanski is being investigated by cops over new sex abuse allegations. Los Angeles Police Department told Sun Online they had launched an “open investigation” into the convicted child rapist – who has been accused of sexually abusing a string of women and children.
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Northern California sheriff settles suit over jail
The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office is agreeing to improve jail conditions for inmates with mobility disabilities to settle a class-action lawsuit. The settlement set for a judge’s review in February requires the department to remove physical barriers for inmates who have difficulty walking and take any other steps recommended by an outside expert. It will hire a coordinator to make sure the jail complies with accessibility laws.
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California is running out of inmates to fight its fires
For a dollar an hour and credit toward early parole, more than 1,700 convicted felons fought on the front lines of the destructive wildfires that raged across Northern California this October. While communities from Sonoma to Mendocino evacuated in the firestorm’s path, these inmates worked shifts of up to 72 straight hours to contain the blaze and protect the property residents left behind, clearing brush and other potential fuel and digging containment lines often just feet away from the flames.
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Alleged final photo of Charles Manson in hospital published, possibly violates privacy
A photo that purports to show Charles Manson on his deathbed while in a hospital was published by two outlets in a possible violation of California state laws related to prisoner’s privacy rights. The image, according to the Daily Mail, shows Manson, 83, before his death in mid-November. He died of natural causes on Nov. 19.
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Gun rights proponents challenge new California ‘assault weapon’ regs
A group of individuals and Second Amendment groups has filed suit against the state’s pending new regulations on “bullet-buttons” and assault weapons. In a complaint filed in a Riverside County state Superior Court, four gun owners- George Holt, Irvin Hoff, Michael Louie, and Rick Russel- contend many the firearms they have legally owned or built are now subject to new retroactive mandates from an out-of-control California Department of Justice that is flexible with the enforcement of new laws passed last year.
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House GOP’s gun bill vote could fracture bipartisan coalition on background checks
Rare bipartisan consensus around legislation to improve the national background check system for gun purchases is in jeopardy after House Republicans linked the measure to a bill allowing gun owners to carry concealed weapons across state lines. The House is expected to vote and pass the combination bill Wednesday over the objections of House Democrats, who accused Republicans of “trickery” and “sabotage” in tying the background checks bill to a concealed-carry measure the National Rifle Association called its “highest legislative priority.”
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Lawyers walk fine line on pot laws
Just as entrepreneurs getting into the retail pot industry need a good lawyer, some of those lawyers might be wise to consult an attorney of their own. Lawyers in the burgeoning business are entering a legal gray zone where the drug is permitted for some purpose in most states but illegal under federal law – in the same controlled substances category as heroin. Missteps could lead to prosecution for conspiracy, money laundering or aiding and abetting drug dealers.
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Here’s what January 1 means for marijuana in California
It was a big deal in the world of marijuana when California voters passed Proposition 64 in Nov. 2016. On Jan. 1, the state’s recreational pot market comes online. Here’s an overview of what you need to know about weed in California, for Jan. 1 and beyond. What are the highlights of the new law? You have to be 21 or older to buy recreational marijuana. 18 and older for medical. You can grow up to six plants.
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L.A. just legalized recreational marijuana. Here’s when you can buy it
Los Angeles will become the nation’s largest city with recreational pot after the City Council voted Wednesday to license sales next year. After months of debate and political snags, the council approved rules to usher in commercial sales and cultivation set to begin in less than a month under an initiative approved by state voters.
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Homeless street services stall as encampments continue to grow
High above the Metro Gold Line tracks, a string of lean-tos that Lee Brown calls his “three-bedroom condominium” is tethered to a hilltop fence in Elysian Park. The four-man, two-dog tent city – one of several camps in the 600-acre park north of downtown Los Angeles – has remained intact for at least two years, passed from one homeless person to the next, Brown said.
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USC program aims to help LAPD officers build trust, de-escalate encounters with homeless, mentally ill
Trayvon Chapman was homeless for more than a decade, and knows how quickly a situation can escalate on the streets. Many homeless people have experienced significant trauma or have anger issues, which police officers can take personally, the Van Nuys resident explained. That’s when “guns are drawn and violence is implemented, and it’s not needed,” Chapman, 39, said.
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San Jacinto gang member sentenced to death for 3 slayings in 2013
A judge imposed a death sentence Friday on a San Jacinto gang member who fatally shot three men and tried to kill another because of their affiliations. Raymond Alex Barrera, 27, was convicted in September of three counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder, and jurors found true special circumstance allegations of lying in wait, killing for the benefit of a criminal street gang and taking multiple lives in attacks that occurred throughout the summer of 2013.
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Editorial: A dedicated cop in an imperfect system
The hard-to-fathom stories these past two weeks about a Simi Valley man released from prison after serving nearly four decades for two murders he did not commit have left us outraged, confused but ultimately grateful that justice has finally been achieved. We cannot begin to imagine the depth of this ordeal for Craig Coley, and our judicial system can never repair the damage it has done to his life.
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US executions increase slightly in 2017
A court reprieve that halted the scheduled December lethal injection of a Texas prisoner means 2017 will end with 23 inmates executed in the U.S., a figure that although up slightly from the previous year is half of what it was a decade ago. The year-end numbers also show that Texas will regain its standing as the nation’s most active state in carrying out capital punishment.
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He killed Arizona officer, then a store clerk: Death penalty!
A cop killer who gunned down a Blythe store clerk during a 24-hour two-state crime spree has been convicted of first-degree murder and other charges, making him eligible for a second death sentence. A Riverside jury deliberated three days before finding Ernesto Salgado Martinez guilty Monday of the slaying of 43-year-old Randip Singh – using a handgun that belonged to an Arizona highway patrolman, whom the defendant shot dead the same day.
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Man sentenced to die for 1995 killing of DPS trooper convicted in California murder
A man sentenced to die in Arizona was convicted of a second murder in California on Monday, finally closing a legal process that spanned two states and 22 years. The cases of Ernesto Salgado Martinez, 42, reach back to 1995 and Indio, California, where Martinez started a road trip to visit family in Arizona. As he drove along the Beeline Highway, Martinez was pulled over by Arizona state trooper Bob Martin.
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Livermore man’s death sentence upheld for rape-murder
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence of a Livermore man for raping and murdering a woman he met at a bar in Contra Costa County in 1986. The court said it wouldn’t second-guess state court findings that jurors hadn’t been tainted when a prosecutor reminded them that California voters had overwhelmingly approved capital punishment.
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Attorneys for Rams file motion to derail St. Louis’ case
A St. Louis lawsuit over the Rams football team’s relocation to Los Angeles took up nearly four hours in court Friday when both sides argued over motions that could have a dramatic effect on the outcome of the case. The case alleging breach of contract and four other countsagainst the Rams and the NFL was filed in April by the city of St. Louis, St. Louis County and the Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority.
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Los Angeles Times journalists take step to unionize newsroom
A committee representing newsroom employees of the Los Angeles Times took an initial step Monday to form a union by asking the National Labor Relations Board to hold an election. Earlier this year, a group of more than 40 Times journalists launched efforts to have the NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America represent the newsroom in collective bargaining.
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Will Brown pension reform lead to more reform?
Gov. Brown’s pension reform legislation five years ago, sold in part as a way to assure voters a proposed tax increase would not be eaten up by rising pension costs, got little love from pension critics. CalPERS estimated the reform would save $29 billion to $38 billion over 30 years, not a major dent in a shortfall or “unfunded liability” of $139 billion. Some said the debt was much larger, concealed by an optimistic forecast for pension fund investment earnings.
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California is putting retirees at risk with social justice pension investments
The nation’s largest pension fund is edging closer to financial disaster by investing in progressive-oriented companies instead of more-profitable ones according to a new report from the American Council for Capital Formation.
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Questions on California bar exam line up with lawyer jobs data, study finds
The content of the California bar exam lines up with national surveys about skills expected for first-year lawyers, but a state-specific assessment would be helpful, according to a recent content validation study from the State Bar of California. The report, sent to the California Supreme Court on Dec. 1, the report (PDF) follows earlier state bar cut score studiesand the court’s Oct. 18 announcement that the cut score would stay at 1440-for the time being-because it was not persuaded that changes should be made.
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Sonoma County prosecutors charge six landlords with price gouging
Sonoma County prosecutors have charged six landlords with price gouging in recent weeks for jacking up rental rates as lethal wildfires still burned throughout the county. Court records show that four of the six landlords increased rental prices by more than 30 percent just days after fires erupted on the night of Oct. 8. It is a misdemeanor to increase prices for lodging, food, medical products and building supplies by more than 10 percent in California after an emergency is declared.
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ACLU pushes California’s members of Congress to help Dreamers in new online ads
Three California ACLU affiliates are running online ads urging five California Republican members of Congress to support a legislative fix to resolve the legal status of people brought to the country illegally as children. The online ads target Reps. Paul Cook of Yucca Valley, Darrell Issa of Vista, Devin Nunes of Tulare, Ed Royce of Fullerton and Mimi Walters of Irvine, and depict a mother driving with her two young children when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrest her.
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