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Echo Park man to plead guilty for child sex crimes

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Federal jury trials suspended in L.A., Santa Ana, Riverside …

The federal courthouse on 1st Street in downtown Los Angeles.(Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

Woman sues L.A. County, alleging deputies maimed her with …

Protesters shout at sheriff’s deputies near the South Los Angeles sheriff’s station at a September 2020 protest after the deputy shooting of Dijon Kizzee. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

FTC sues Frontier Communications for delivering internet …

The building of the Federal Trade Commission is seen in downtown Washington DC in this undated file photo. (Getty Images)

Federal judge extends restrictions on LAPD’s use of projectile …

Body camera footage released by the Los Angeles Police Department shows a police officer shooting a protester with a projectile in Hollywood in 2020.

2 men indicted in alleged hate crime at Beverly Hills …

Gang member sentenced to 16 years in prison for firebombing …

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Comedian Chris D’Elia sued for alleged child porn …

Chris D'Elia arrives at the NBC Universal Summer Press Day in Pasadena on April 8, 2014. (Richard Shotwell / Invision / Associated Press)

Federal judge spends time on Skid Row ahead of hearing …

U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter tours Los Angeles’ skid row with LAPD Officer Deon Joseph in April 2020. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Federal judge calls meeting to address ‘extraordinarily …

A homeless woman pushes her belongings past a row of tents on the streets of Los Angeles on Feb. 1, 2021. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP / Getty Images)

Ex-bank branch manager in Tustin sentenced to federal …

The Comerica bank in Tustin Street View image from Google Maps.

LAPD sergeant sues over discipline related to controversial …

A man holds a camera outside the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters in this undated photo. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Prosecutors seek $10-million fine, up to 13 years …

Imaad Zuberi, left, leaves the federal courthouse in Los Angeles with his attorney Thomas O'Brien, right, on Nov. 22, 2019. (Brian Melley / Associated Press)

Civil rights lawsuit accuses Long Beach police of …