Salvador Hernandez is a reporter on the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. Before joining the newsroom in 2022, he was a senior reporter for BuzzFeed News, where he covered criminal justice issues, the growing militia movement and breaking news. He also covered crime as a reporter at the Orange County Register. He is a Los Angeles native.
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Jerrell Eugene Anderson, who federal authorities allege ran a darknet methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking ring from Santa Clarita, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison.
A woman injured by a police dog as she was being arrested for shoplifting in Northern California is getting a settlement of nearly $1 million.
Frank Sato Felix and a friend plotted to take a 17-year-old girl from her Fullerton home, and killed her parents and a family friend.
Dane Brown, who survived an overdose after being injected with methamphetamine at political donor Ed Buck’s home in 2019, was found dead last week.
Both of the victims, who have not been publicly identified, appeared to have suffered gunshot wounds to the head.
In Fulton County, Ga., officials said they received multiple bomb threats, including two incidents that forced officials to briefly close polling locations.
Shasta County agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit over a decision to use deputies to seize a girl’s pet goat to be slaughtered. It’s still unclear who instructed the sheriff’s deputies to get involved.
Fans take to the streets of Los Angeles in an explosive expression of joy Wednesday night after the Dodgers beat the Yankees to win their eighth World Series title.
Irwindale Speedway & Dragstrip, which hosted NASCAR races, demolition derbies and drag races, is set to close Dec. 21.
L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón announced he would ask a judge to resentence Erik and Lyle Menendez for the killing of their parents in 1989.