Category: Justice
Virgelia Villegas mortgaged her house to defend Miss Asia USA Pageant against a lawsuit filed by billionaire Trump's Miss USA organization.
He'll succeed Deputy Chief Sergio Diaz, who oversaw drops in crime throughout central city while playing key role in repairing community relations on the wake of the May Day melee in 2007.
Hospital executive in upscale suburb expected to enter latest guilty plea on using homeless folks in hard-pressed Downtown neighborhood as part of scheme to defraud Medicare and Medi-Cal programs.
The one-time Downtown loft dweller and a partner had already been hit with a $10 million fine in a civil case after using homeless patients to bill Medicare and Medi-Cal systems for bogus treatments.
Downtown loft dweller and Westsider teamed up to use homeless residents of the hard-pressed neighborhood to bilk public healthcare systems, according to feds.
That wave of 6,500 is more like a trickle that will come over the course of the year and not all at once, with relatively 'low-level' parolees released early but still subject to search and drug tests at any time.
Mahony and Villaraigosa put church and state behind efforts to organize in industry that's currently the subject of crackdown by Attorney General Brown, a presumed candidate for governor.
The movement was an uneasy time in America and the Skirball's "Road to Freedom" is an uneasy journey — but it should be.
Donations rolling in despite recession, affording possibility of official opening on anniversary of March on Washington.
Newly launched coalition has held strategy session in preparation for January 8 press conference and protest outside Downtown Los Angeles courthouse. Members vow to remain a presence throughout trial.
Payment of $46,000 for Department of Labor's finding of bias against 26 African-American applicants; seven will be hired for jobs as merchandisers.
Movie aims to show what filmmakers call the resistance of Oakland's black communities to "police terrorism."
Local members will mark 40th Anniversary of the four-hour shootout that 'was a highlight of the struggle' according to one account.
Father risks a grin as custody battle ends with son and daughter under his roof once again.
No more jaywalking, and no more procrastination on taking care of tickets. Maybe there's something to LAPD's crackdown in Skid Row.
Laborers' International Union of North America helps them win the case — and sets out on campaign to organize workers at Building Materials Holding Company subsidiary.
Downtown designer says lack of faith in justice system, other institutions has much to do with saggy jeans and other fashion trends. That calls for some new thinking — not more rules and regulations limiting the expression represented by wardrobes.
Officials contend that Cirila Baltazar Cruz was negligent; advocates say the fix is in at Jackson County Courthouse.
L.A. contingent in Washington to press elected officials to follow the money and apply some pressure in battle against war, rapes and other violence in the Congo.
Ricky Martin is guest of honor at Justice Sotomayor's swearing-in ceremony.
The knife shook her up, the cops ticked her off, but the everyday folks on the street who offered assistance renewed her hopes for humanity.
Pols, lawyers and business leaders weigh in on historic addition to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Plaintiff's attorney declares "working people, women, and people of color stood tall against their tormentor" in filing counter-defamation suit; case likely to be appealed.
Latest effort follows last year's win on vets' benefits for service during WWII.
Leaders counsel patience with Department of Veterans Affairs, but some recipients-in-waiting say time is running out for the old soldiers.
Truman sent the military charging ahead on desegregation — Obama should do the same on ending "Don't Ask Don't Tell."
It happened in Tulsa in 1921 — and the government says that's too long ago to talk about reparations.
California Senator Barbara Boxer seeks highest civilian honor for Nisei vets who fought on faraway battlefields; clock is ticking as the one-time soldiers age.
Pasadena ACLU meeting provides forum on recently re-opened case charging former Black Panthers in cop killing; 'We had nothing to do with it," says Boudreaux.
Watts Native still haunted by trials of Vietnam War, say family members, who attribute vets' current incarceration to a post-traumatic stress disorder relapse.
National advocacy coalition says case load has grown while federal agencies have done little. Group holds out hope for more action under Obama.
ACLU says current conditions can "drive men mad."
L.A. County Supervisors send request to supplement campaign by WWII soldiers and their advocates.
The recent passage of legislation to grant long-denied benefits to Filipino veterans doesn't reach widows.
Gang members are eligible for waivers on curfew, restrictions
against congregating in some cases.
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