The Times identified 16 cases since 2005 where a stop for bike violations in Los Angeles County resulted in a police shooting. In 11 incidents, including Dijon Kizzee’s, the bicyclists — all male and Black or Latino — were killed. latimes.com/california/sto…
Noel Aguilar was riding his bicycle on a sidewalk. Christian Cobian's bike didn’t have lights. Dijon Kizzee was riding his bike on the wrong side of the street. All were shot and killed by police. latimes.com/california/sto…
There has been much debate about who police pull over, but much less of an examination of how those laws are enforced for bicyclists. In Tampa, one study found that Black cyclists were nearly three times more likely to be stopped than white cyclists. latimes.com/california/sto…
In June, The Times compiled a database tracking police killings in Los Angeles County since 2000.
Going forward, the database will update every time a person is killed at the hands of law enforcement in the county. latimes.com/projects/los-a…
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Since 2017, at least 265 calls made to police through 911 and nonemergency lines have reported violence and abuse inside California’s four privately run federal detention centers overseen by ICE, a Times investigation found.
California’s ICE detention centers are supposed to comply with care and safety standards set by ICE. But the staff are not law enforcement officers and do not have the authority to conduct criminal investigations.
Any allegations of abuse must be reported to local authorities.
The Dodgers are facing must-win scenarios for the rest of the National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves, starting today with Game 5.
Following along for live updates and analysis as the Dodgers try to keep their season alive. #NLCS
Here are four thrillers that range across all subgenres, and delve into lives previously unseen — darkness and all. latimes.com/entertainment-…
It’s been a killer season for stand-alone crime fiction. But for readers keen to revisit old friends, the following are solid additions to long-running series: latimes.com/entertainment-…
Born in rural Indiana to immigrants from Guadalajara, he taught himself how to play guitar from YouTube.
His mother worked in his school’s cafeteria, while his father delivered the food by truck latimes.com/entertainment-…
Much like fellow Latinx newcomers Cuco and Kali Uchis, Apollo is part of a rising generation of self-starting Spanglish-language artists who have captivated pop fans with their bicultural cool. latimes.com/entertainment-…
The coronavirus pandemic upended the economy — particularly the lives of immigrants, who might not be eligible for all of the assistance distributed to citizens.
Not only have immigrants disproportionately contracted COVID-19, but industries that often rely on their labor have also been among the slowest to rebound from the virus shutdowns.
California’s immigrant population fell by 642,200, or 6.2%, during the first five months of the pandemic, according to an analysis of census data by UC Merced’s Community and Labor Center. latimes.com/business/story…
It was an otherwise quiet Saturday night at the Los Angeles International Airport control tower when an American Airlines pilot radioed in with an unbelievable report:
It’s possible that the recent sighting near LAX was indeed a person flying with a jet pack.
But the altitude at which the person was reported flying makes it seem “highly unlikely,” says the executive director of the Vertical Flight Society latimes.com/california/sto…