Matthew Ormseth is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining The Times in 2018, he covered city news and state politics at the Hartford Courant.
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As incendiary claims ricocheted across group chats and were amplified online, a crowd converged on UCLA and violence ignited when police left the scene.
May 10, 2024
Here is what we know about the last couple of weeks on campus, based on interviews, recordings, social media and documents.
May 7, 2024
Less than 24 hours after a violent attack on a pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA, officers pulled apart barricades as they tore down the encampment and made arrests.
May 3, 2024
A robbery crew targeted armored cars in heists across L.A. County — until one member turned up dead and another leaped off a third-floor balcony as police closed in.
April 29, 2024
Jose Luis Saenz spent 14 years on the run after he was linked to a string of brazen murders. Authorities eventually tracked him down in Mexico — but not before he popped back up on the doorstep of a man who’d lost half a million in drug money.
April 18, 2024
A man accused of talking his way past the front desks of posh Beverly Hills hotels and walking off with millions of dollars in jewelry admitted Tuesday that he stole a guest’s diamond necklace valued at $395,000.
April 2, 2024
Nelson Abrego’s burgeoning career as Swifty Blue has drawn the attention of the Mexican Mafia. According to sources, he faced extortion and a jailhouse attack.
April 1, 2024
The Los Angeles Fire Department was alerted at 5:38 p.m. Saturday to the blast in the 7300 block of Woodman Avenue, according to Connor Thompson, an LAFD spokesman.
March 16, 2024
The case offers yet another illustration of how the Mexican Mafia controls and extracts money from inmates held at the nation’s largest jail complex.
March 14, 2024