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Los Angeles, California - August 06, 2026: Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman speaks at a press conference about hate crimes at the Hall of Justice on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. Hate crimes in Los Angeles are going down in comparison to 2025. (Arwen Clemans/Los Angeles Times)
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Chabria: Protecting the blue wall of silence is not justice in LAPD whistleblower case

In charging LAPD officer Daniel Flores with 16 felonies for his secret tapes of officers making ugly comments, the district attorney is sending the wrong message.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 05, 2023 - Senator Scott Wiener stands for a photo in the Castro district of San Francisco, California on March 05, 2023. (Josh Edelson/For The Times)

Race to replace Pelosi enters the AI group chat

Los Angeles, CA - October 26: Nithya Raman, left, Councilmember District 4 and Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Councilmember District 8. at Los Angeles City council meeting that voted unanimously to censure Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon, as well as former Councilmember Nury Martinez, for racist and incendiary comments made on a leaked recording, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Raman will lose homelessness committee chair as mayoral race heats up, sources say

An employee carries a Vizio television outside a Walmart store in Martinez, California, US, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Walmart Inc. increased its outlook for sales in the full year, a sign the world's biggest retailer is winning over price-sensitive shoppers and grabbing more digital spending. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Chabria: ‘Surveillance pricing’ is legal gouging. California legislators don’t seem to care

Left; Calif. gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton. Right; Calif. gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra.

Your guide to the California governor’s race: Xavier Becerra vs. Steve Hilton

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