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Reelect Sheriff Jim McDonnell

Oct 11, 2018

L.A. County deputies union endorses Alex Villanueva for sheriff, boosting upset bid against Jim McDonnell

Aug 8, 2018

Is a tattoo just a tattoo? Or are the bad old days returning to the L.A. Sheriff's Department?

Jul 11, 2018

After decades of problems, new allegations surface of a secret clique within L.A. County Sheriff's Department

Jul 10, 2018

Jim McDonnell for four more — and hopefully more productive — years as sheriff

May 17, 2018

Essential California: Behind a $13 shirt, a $6-an-hour worker

Sep 1, 2017

Paul Tanaka, former L.A. County undersheriff, loses appeal of conviction on obstruction of justice charges

Aug 31, 2017

Another longtime lawman joins race for L.A. County sheriff

Jul 8, 2017

Deputies sue former high-ranking sheriff's official and former prosecutor, alleging vendetta

May 24, 2017

Key figure in L.A. County Sheriff's Department jail corruption scandal sentenced to nine-month prison term

May 22, 2017

The prosecutor who took down Lee Baca calls it a day

May 13, 2017

Ex-L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca sentenced to three years in prison in jail corruption scandal

May 12, 2017

Former Sheriff Lee Baca defiant to the end, even after prison sentence

May 12, 2017

Ex-Sheriff Baca sentenced to three years in prison in jail corruption scandal

May 12, 2017

The warning signs L.A. County missed when voters reelected Sheriff Lee Baca

May 12, 2017

Judgment day for convicted ex-Sheriff Lee Baca, and the end of a long-running scandal

May 12, 2017

Judgment day for convicted ex-Sheriff Lee Baca, and the end of a long-running scandal

May 12, 2017

Sheriff whistleblower who testified in federal obstruction case gets $1.275-million settlement

May 3, 2017

Former L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca found guilty on obstruction of justice and other charges

Mar 15, 2017

The Lee Baca saga is over, but plenty of questions remain about the future of the L.A. Sheriff's Department

Mar 15, 2017

The rise and fall of Lee Baca, L.A. County's onetime 'Teflon Sheriff'

Mar 15, 2017

Closing arguments in Baca obstruction retrial offer conflicting motives for actions of former L.A. County sheriff

Mar 13, 2017

In Baca retrial, familiar battle lines with some new faces as prosecutors hope for a different ending

Mar 13, 2017

Baca 'was aware' of plan to obstruct FBI, former sheriff's official tells jury

Mar 2, 2017

Ex-L.A. Sheriff Lee Baca's retrial opens with focus on his close ties to disgraced aide

Feb 24, 2017

Former No. 2 in L.A. Sheriff's office surrenders to prison to serve 5-year sentence

Jan 16, 2017

Federal prosecutors to retry ex-L.A. Sheriff Lee Baca in obstruction of justice case

Jan 10, 2017

The Baca mistrial explained: What you need to know about the former sheriff's case

Dec 22, 2016

'No man is above the law,' prosecutor tells jurors in closing arguments of Lee Baca's obstruction of justice trial

Dec 19, 2016

Witness in obstruction trial says former L.A. County sheriff was furious about FBI probe

Dec 15, 2016

Ex-L.A. County sheriff knew about a scheme to obstruct an FBI probe and helped plan part of it, reporter testifies

Dec 14, 2016

Orders came 'all the way from the top,' former deputies say in trial of ex-Sheriff Lee Baca

Dec 9, 2016

Lee Baca was 'heartbeat' of county jail conspiracy, federal prosecutor says as trial opens

Dec 7, 2016

From celebrated lawman to disgraced defendant: Lee Baca faces jury in L.A. corruption trial

Dec 6, 2016

Ex-Sheriff Baca wants doctor who specializes in mental illnesses to testify in his corruption trial

Nov 22, 2016

Convicted former No. 2 in Sheriff's Department shouldn't remain free during appeal, judge says

Sep 28, 2016

New federal charges accuse ex-Sheriff Lee Baca of obstructing justice, lying to authorities

Aug 5, 2016

Essential California: Prison time for former undersheriff

Jun 28, 2016

Sheriff can't brush aside racist emails sent by top aide

Apr 28, 2016

Tanaka's conviction and a sheriff's department haunted by corruption

The downfall of Paul Tanaka and the collapse of the blue wall of silence

Apr 7, 2016

Today: Ted Cruz and the Unicorn. RIP Merle Haggard.

Essential California: L.A. could legalize 'bootleg' apartments

Apr 7, 2016

Essential Politics: President Obama to mingle with Hollywood A-listers

Apr 7, 2016

Convicting Paul Tanaka doesn't end the culture of lawlessness in the L.A. County Sheriff's Department

Apr 6, 2016

Essential California: Why the state Supreme Court wants you to take a seat

Apr 4, 2016

As prosecution rests, former Undersheriff Paul Tanaka takes the stand

Apr 1, 2016

At the opening of Tanaka trial, opposing lawyers paint disparate pictures of the former undersheriff

Mar 24, 2016

After Baca's guilty plea, L.A. jail corruption case turns toward trial of his top aide, Paul Tanaka

Mar 24, 2016

At heart of Sheriff's Department scandal was top-secret 'Operation Pandora's Box'

Feb 10, 2016

Tentative agreement reached on inspector general access to sheriff's department records

Dec 9, 2015

Wanted: True oversight of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department

Jul 5, 2015

Essential California: Tuition freeze for some UC students

May 15, 2015

With Paul Tanaka's indictment, L.A. County jail probe reaches top echelon

May 14, 2015

A welcome indictment of ex-Undersheriff Paul Tanaka

May 14, 2015

The secret society among lawmen

Mar 24, 1999