By day, Israel Claustro was an Orange County prosecutor who took down violent gang members, sex abusers and corrupt bureaucrats. In 2022, Claustro glided to electoral victory, winning an open judicial post. For years, he also operated a medical billing […]
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Tom Girardi, the once legendary Los Angeles trial lawyer, was scheduled to be sentenced Friday after a federal jury convicted him of wire fraud. But a judge on Wednesday canceled the proceeding as defense attorneys and prosecutors argued over whether
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The now disgraced and disbarred attorney Tom Girardi must surrender to federal authorities early next year for a medical evaluation at a federal prison in North Carolina, a judge ruled Friday. The decision by U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton amounts
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The federal judge in Los Angeles who presided over Hunter Biden’s criminal tax fraud case has been sued over a party at his home where “significant” underage drinking allegedly led to a guest being assaulted and later hospitalized. The injured
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In the hills above Malibu City Hall, Bruce Silverstein was at home Monday night when he smelled smoke in the air. It was around 11 p.m., and the City Council member and his wife then received an alert about the
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A wildfire broke out late Monday in Malibu, triggering evacuations as strong Santa Ana winds fanned the flames. Dubbed the Franklin fire, the blaze was reported just before 11 p.m. along Malibu Canyon Road and north of Francisco Ranch Road
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The judge who presided over Hunter Biden’s federal tax case in Los Angeles criticized President Biden on Tuesday for pardoning his son this week, saying he misrepresented the facts of his son’s criminal case when he announced the move. In
For more than three decades, Mark Ridley-Thomas never lost an election, tapping a well-organized network of supporters to secure victory after victory. Now, the former Los Angeles City Council member and county supervisor is in a different sort of campaign
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With the clock ticking before President-elect Trump is sworn in, Gov. Gavin Newsom is heading to Washington this week to push for the Biden administration to safeguard some marquee California programs on the environment and disaster funding that are likely
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A student was arrested at LAX after security found her pink suitcase was filled with what federal authorities allege was more than a dozen white T-shirts that had been soaked in liquid methamphetamine. The U.K. student, Myah Saakwa-Mante, had stopped
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