Christopher Goffard is an author and a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. He shared in the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s Bell coverage and has twice been a Pulitzer finalist for feature writing, in 2007 and 2014. His novel “Snitch Jacket” was a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel. His book “You Will See Fire: A Search for Justice in Kenya,” based on his Times series, was published in 2011.
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Hossein Nayeri was sentenced to life without parole for his role in the 2012 kidnapping and mutilation of a medical marijuana dealer. “What kind of human being does such a thing?” the victim says.
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Across the state’s 58 counties, Los Angeles County remains by far the hardest hit, with nearly 300,000 cases and 6,989 deaths.
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In 72% of the new cases, those who tested positive were under 50 years old, officials said.
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Fires continued to rage across Northern California on Monday, with thousands of acres ablaze and some 50,000 people facing possible evacuation.
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As many as 150 demonstrators gathered near Newbury Park’s Godspeak church, some supporting its defiance of a judge’s order, others denouncing the indoor services.
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L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti’s support for cutting the LAPD budget by up to $150 million marks a turn away from decades of efforts to boost the force to 10,000 officers.
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The coronavirus is hitting Los Angeles County’s less-affluent black and Latino communities in disproportionately high numbers, a surge that experts attribute to dense living conditions, health disparities and high-risk jobs.
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The University of California is dropping the SAT and ACT as a requirement. And in news from higher education, Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty in the college admissions scandal.
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At least three Bay Area counties — San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin — plan to ease social distancing rules amid the coronavirus starting Monday.