Alene Tchekmedyian is an investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times. She previously covered the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, focusing on accountability stories and writing about failures by officials to comply with transparency laws. She and her colleagues exposed the cover-up of misconduct by deputies who shared photos of Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crash as well as the practice by sheriff’s deputies of pulling over bicyclists for minor violations and searching them, which disproportionately impacted Latino riders. Before joining The Times in 2016, she reported on crime and policing for the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader.
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March 17, 2024
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Jan. 24, 2024
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Dec. 9, 2023
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Dec. 9, 2023
Alarmed at the high rate of euthanasia at its two Antelope Valley shelters, L.A. County is moving to add kennels and revisit policies on putting dogs down.
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The county’s Palmdale Animal Care Center was supposed to be a cutting-edge shelter that would relieve overcrowding and reduce euthanasia. But that’s not how it’s turned out.
Dec. 3, 2023
Animal shelters are dealing with an influx of dogs and cats since the pandemic lockdown, and the overcrowded conditions are leading to higher euthanasia rates.
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Six years after a deadly Boyle Heights crash, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department has moved to discipline two deputies involved.
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