California
Paul Tanaka, the mayor of Gardena, was once considered the heir apparent to his boss, Sheriff Lee Baca.
May 14, 2015
A federal appeals court on Thursday denied former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka’s bid for a new trial, rejecting claims by the controversial leader that his conviction on obstruction of justice charges was unjust.
Aug. 31, 2017
L.A. Now
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March 6, 2013
Shortly after going on a fishing trip with then-Undersheriff Paul Tanaka in June 2013, Capt.
Dec. 16, 2015
Oxnard resident Paul Leslie Tanaka died at his home Monday. He was 46.
Oct. 11, 1998
June 27, 2016
Paul Tanaka, the former Los Angeles County undersheriff and current mayor of Gardena, is expected to ask the City Council for a leave of absence as he deals with a federal indictment, the Gardena city manager said.
Opinion
When the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department scandal emerged more than six years ago, the idea that former Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, and his old boss, Sheriff Lee Baca, would one day be wearing prison blues was all but unthinkable.
April 7, 2016
Paul Tanaka, Los Angeles County’s former undersheriff, took the witness stand Monday and was grilled by a federal prosecutor who portrayed him as the main culprit in a plot to impede FBI agents investigating jail abuses.
April 4, 2016
The conviction Wednesday of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka on charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice concludes an essential chapter in the astonishing story of a Sheriff’s Department that unmoored itself from those values it is entrusted to uphold: protection of the powerless, respect for the law, commitment to justice and, above all, honesty.
April 6, 2016