The death of U.S. Army veteran Lucrecia Macias Barajas, 46, whose body was discovered by her daughter in a downtown Los Angeles homeless encampment, was ruled accidental due to drug use.
A former Republican who rebranded as an independent, Nathan Hochman promised to ‘get politics out’ of the D.A.’s office, but his neutrality has raised eyebrows amid the immigration raids.
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In Los Angeles County, there is a black market for ‘anything and everything,’ said Capt. Calvin Mah, who leads the Sheriff’s Department’s Major Crimes Bureau.
An L.A. Times/WeedWeek investigation finds alarming levels of pesticides in cannabis products at dispensaries across the state
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