How did thousands of sensitive LAPD files get leaked? City officials seek explanation Elected officials are demanding answers from the L.A. city attorney’s office about how a massive cache of confidential LAPD files being dumped online. The Times has found the compromised material includes crime scene photos, medical records and other sensitive police records.

How did thousands of sensitive LAPD files get leaked? City officials seek explanation

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

A group of Ecuadorian fishermen survived a US drone strike, were detained at gunpoint, phones wiped, ship blown up, disappeared to El Salvador, then released without charge. “They knew we were fishermen. Even the Salvadorian authorities said things had been handled very badly.”

On California farms, workers say threats to deport them are on the rise Farmworkers described instances in which bosses threatened to call ICE on them, sometimes because they complained about workplace violations.

I first started this reporting in Aug., when a colleague connected me with a dairy worker. He shared that his boss gathered all the workers & said if anyone tried to take legal action against him, he’d make sure they ended up in Tijuana.
so I started asking around --
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In 1978, they stopped buses — and helped launch a disability rights movement People in wheelchairs surrounded and barricaded two city buses over the course of two days, demanding wheelchair lifts and chanting, "We will ride."

People in wheelchairs surrounded and barricaded two city buses over the course of two days, demanding wheelchair lifts and chanting, "We will ride."

I could be wrong, but it does feel like having Hochman - who was willing to slap Lil AD with a felony gang strike for the privilege of being shoved and beaten by the officers he was trying to deescalate - in office is helping greenlight this too.

They Came to Mourn. LAPD Came in Force. Now Two Men Could Face Serious Consequences Because LAPD Won't Acknowledge They Were Wrong. - Streetsblog Los Angeles The July 7 vigil for Kenny Hall had been peaceful until LAPD arrived and began pushing people around. When peacemaker Shamond "Lil AD" Bennett tried to intervene and de-escalate LAPD, officer Evan Mot...

And last July, they assaulted mourners @ a candlelight vigil at Crenshaw & Hyde Park, shoving, beating & eventually arresting a well-known peacekeeper & another man & hitting *them* w/ felony charges, despite LAPD's assaults on the men having been caught on tape. la.streetsblog.org/2025/12/18/t...

Watts tried to mourn 'Mama Curtis.' Then came LAPD officers with Tasers and batons An event in remembrance of 94-year-old Earlene Curtis — a neighborhood matriarch who lived near the Jordan Downs housing development and worked to quell gang violence — turned chaotic over the weekend...

In Jan. in Watts, LAPD aggressively antagonized mourners paying respects to Mama Curtis - pulling out tasers & batons, detaining ppl pushing them around, and putting up yellow tape "like it was a crime scene" DESPITE having been advised about the repass in advance.
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Community seeks answers after LAPD detains art students The students, all 18 years old, were detained by police while walking across the street for coffee, Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory staff say.

Aggressive crackdowns on people of color gathering in community seems to be a hallmark of McDonnell's tenure. This time, LAPD harassed formerly incarcerated youth who were just about to graduate from a reentry prog. in Boyle Heights. Their ceremony had to be canceled. thelalocal.org/neighborhood...

The @apnews.com picks up @levisu.bsky.social's story on new SBA qualifications that exclude green-card holders.

Dedication: Crenshaw and Slauson to Forever be Known as 'Nipsey Hussle Square' - Streetsblog Los Angeles “Age fourteen on up, my whole life took place on these four corners...This really was my foundation," Hussle told Current TV back in 2010. Now renamed in his honor, those corners pay tribute to how he...

Last month, the City of L.A. held a formal ceremony, permanently dedicating the intersection of Crenshaw and Slauson as Nipsey Hussle Square 🏁
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South Central Gives Nipsey Hussle the Send-Off of a Lifetime - Streetsblog Los Angeles Few communities love harder than South Central.

The funeral procession for Hussle was a day unlike anything L.A. had ever seen before or since. It honored Hussle's concept of the Marathon, winding 26 miles thru South Central, allowing mourners from every set & section to come together & be part of his legacy. la.streetsblog.org/2019/04/12/s...

Nipsey Hussle Understood Cities Better than You. Why Didn't You Know Who He Was? - Streetsblog Los Angeles "I swore to tell the world if I made it out/The truth about these L.A. streets and all what they about"

Seven years ago, Nipsey Hussle was killed in front of The Marathon, the flagship store he and his brother Blacc Sam had opened two years earlier. This story (from 2019) traces the history of his South Central community via his lyrics and experiences la.streetsblog.org/2019/08/15/n...

U.S. Army opens investigation into attack helicopter activities at Kid Rock's home, No Kings protest U.S. Army officials have ordered a probe into two Apache helicopters that flew over Saturday's "No Kings" protest in downtown Nashville, then engaged in low-altitude maneuvers near Kid Rock's home.

U.S. Army opens investigation into attack helicopter activities at Kid Rock's home, No Kings protest www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

“.. He fought back tears as he explained what was there before: two wooden shelters, an outpost to make cheese, sheds for his equipment. The horse paddock was spared, but the chicken coop was gone.”

@nytimes.com
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The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm.

They set old metal sheds on fire then bombed them from helicopters. All recorded for social of course. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/w...

Olvera Street's iconic burro stand to be evicted after judge's ruling Olvera Street's famous burro photo stand faces eviction after an L.A. judge's ruling. Owner Richard Hernandez has fought a long legal battle since his mother died in 2024.

Olvera Street’s iconic burro stand to be evicted after judge’s ruling

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Gregory Bovino’s Final Days: Harsh Words and Few Regrets

Not sure what I was hoping for from the NYT's look into Bovino's last days, but seeing his racism & fascism treated like it was part of an "unapologetic" persona he wore - e.g. "He relished politically incorrect language." - was definitely not it? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...

masked, trigger-happy racial profiling goons flooding the airports. what could go wrong?

congratulations!

California to rename Cesar Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day following sexual abuse allegations Advocates and political leaders across the U.S. are working to reconcile the legacy of the long-admired Latino workers’ rights icon César Chavez with stunning allegations that he sexually abused girls and women.

BREAKING: California lawmakers say they'll change the name of César Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day following sexual abuse allegations.

March 18, 2026 Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement:

Dolores Huerta's statement on Cesar Chavez: “I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for... I can no longer stay silent and must share my own experiences"

California’s new ‘war on drugs’: thousands arrested, few get treatment, data shows Exclusive: Drug users face felonies and prison under Prop 36, with analysis showing racial disparities and little help

NEW: California DAs have charged nearly 20,000 people with drug possession *felonies* under Prop 36, a new tough-on-crime law.

Despite promises for "mass treatment," only 57 of those people have successfully gone into treatment + had their cases dismissed in the first year. Others face prison time.

California Highway Patrol officer charged with murder over L.A. crash that killed four Angelo Rodriguez, a former California Highway Patrol Officer, was charged with murder after prosecutors said he slammed into a vehicle at 130 miles per hour while on-duty last year, causing a chain re...

NEW: A California Highway Patrol officer was charged with murder today for his role in a fiery 2025 crash that left four dead. Officer allegedly hit victims' car at 130 mph then failed to render aid, allowing it to be hit by a second car. www.latimes.com/california/s...

This is Day 5 of my membership drive — just finished publishing five stories in five days. Exhausted but proud.

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City Attorney Takes Her Own Swing at Man Sucker Punched by LAPD in 2024 - Streetsblog Los Angeles Eleven months after Officer Joshua Sportiello punched Alexander Mitchell in the face, the City Attorney's office filed misdemeanor resisting charges against him. Was it in retaliation for Mitchell's c...

SCOOP: City Attorney Takes Her Own Swing at Man Sucker Punched by LAPD in 2024 - la.streetsblog.org/2026/03/06/c...

LA's Crenshaw and Slauson to Forever be Known as 'Nipsey Hussle Square' “Age fourteen on up, my whole life took place on these four corners...This really was my foundation," Hussle told Current TV back in 2010. Now renamed in his honor, those corners pay tribute to how he...

LA’s Crenshaw and Slauson to Forever be Known as ‘Nipsey Hussle Square’

“Age fourteen on up, my whole life took place on these four corners…This really was my foundation,” Hussle told Current TV back in 2010. Now renamed in his honor, those corners pay tribute to how he transformed them.

I’m back in court this morning for the arraignment of Bennett and Dontreal Washington, who LAPD punched in the face and claimed was a member of the Rollin 60s.

Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...

DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."

But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."