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Criminal 

Fake Lawyer

April 20, 2018April 20, 2018 ROBERT KAHN
Attorneys, Brief, California, sentencing

Jessica Godoy Ramos, 37, of Lynwood, Calif., was sentenced this week to 15 months in federal prison for stealing the identity of an attorney and filing immigration petitions for people who believed she was a real lawyer.

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Business Civil Rights Law 

CA Privacy Advocates Face Off Against Tech Companies

April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 HELEN CHRISTOPHI
California, digital data, privacy

Mary Ross, president of Californians for Consumer Privacy, said Thursday big firms that make money selling consumers’ personal data know more about us than we may think.

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Government Regional 

Audit Prompts Upgrades at LA County Homeless Agency

April 19, 2018 MARTIN MACIAS JR
Audit, California, homeless

The agency tasked with reimbursing local providers who service Los Angeles County’s homeless residents must overhaul its process for reimbursement and improve management of funds, according to a state audit released Thursday.

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Government Politics 

California Guard

April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 ROBERT KAHN
Brief, California, National Guard

Governor Jerry Brown said Wednesday that 400 members of the California National Guard will fight “criminal gangs, human traffickers and illegal firearm and drug smugglers,” at the Mexican border and elsewhere, but “will not enforce immigration laws or participate in the construction of any new border barrier.”

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Criminal Trials 

Witness Says Durst’s Wife Feared His ‘Homicidal Side’

April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 DON DEBENEDICTIS
California, murder, Robert Durst, witnesses

The long-missing first wife of New York real estate heir Robert Durst told her medical school professor she was terrified of her husband, who had “a homicidal side,” the professor told a Superior Court judge Wednesday.

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Civil Rights Government Politics 

Residents Sue SoCal City for Bucking Sanctuary State Law

April 18, 2018April 19, 2018 BIANCA BRUNO
California, immigration, ordinance, sanctuary

Residents sued the Orange County city of Los Alamitos on Wednesday, fighting the City Council’s new ordinance exempting the town from California’s sanctuary state law.

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Criminal Trials 

Evidence Piles Up in Robert Durst Murder Hearing

April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 DON DEBENEDICTIS
California, murder, Robert Durst

Evidence in the murder case against eccentric New York real estate scion Robert Durst will show he killed his friend and confidant Susan Berman in 2000 to keep her from revealing his involvement in the disappearance and presumed murder of his young wife nearly 19 years before, prosecutors said Tuesday.

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Government Law Regional 

California Housing Bill Dies in Senate Committee

April 17, 2018April 18, 2018 MATTHEW RENDA
California, homeless, housing

A California state senator’s bid to address the pressing housing crisis consuming the Golden State stalled in committee on Tuesday.

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Courts Government Law 

San Diego County Votes to Support Sanctuary State Lawsuit

April 17, 2018 BIANCA BRUNO
California, Donald Trump, immigrants, Jeff Sessions, Sanctuary cities

Despite pleas from dozens of San Diegans Tuesday not to join Jeff Sessions’ lawsuit against California’s “sanctuary state” law, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved joining the federal lawsuit suing its own state.

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Technology 

California Fights for State Net Neutrality

April 17, 2018April 17, 2018 NICK CAHILL
California, net neutrality

Dodging heavy fire from AT&T and Verizon lobbyists, California lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a first-of-its-kind measure that would fill the regulatory void left by recently nixed federal net neutrality laws.

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Criminal Trials 

Prosecutors Demand That Robert Durst Be Tried for Murder

April 17, 2018April 17, 2018 DON DEBENEDICTIS
California, murder, Robert Durst

A hearing on whether New York real estate heir Robert Durst should stand trial for the December 2000 murder of his close friend got under way Monday with photos of the bullet wound in the back of the friend’s head and bruising to her body.

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Criminal Government Law 

Man Pleads Guilty to Death Threat Against Rep. Maxine Waters

April 16, 2018April 17, 2018 MARTIN MACIAS JR
California, Donald Trump, plea deal, politician, threats, U.S. Congress

San Pedro resident Anthony Scott Lloyd pleaded guilty in a Los Angeles federal court Monday for calling the office of Rep. Maxine Waters and threatening to kill her over her criticism of President Donald Trump.

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Government 

California Sets Limits on National Guard Role at Border

April 16, 2018April 17, 2018 NICK CAHILL
borders, California, immigration, National Guard

Rebutting reports that California spurned the Trump administration’s plan to send the National Guard to the border, California officials said Monday that the state has not backed out of an agreement with the federal government.

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Education Government 

First Amendment

April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 ROBERT KAHN
Brief, California, horses, schools

A federal judge dismissed with prejudice Thursday a horseshoeing school’s claim that California unconstitutionally prevents students without high school diplomas from enrolling, as the state has the power to regulate postsecondary education.

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Business Courts Law 

Horse Racing Company Faces $40M Lawsuit From Former Partner

April 12, 2018April 13, 2018 NATHAN SOLIS
breach of contract, California, gambling

A former partner of a California thoroughbred horse racing company is suing the company for $40 million for a breach of contract, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Wednesday.

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Business Media Regional 

Readers Invest $1 Million in News Website Offering

April 12, 2018April 13, 2018 NICHOLAS IOVINO
California, funding, Journalism

In what could become a future model for funding local journalism, hyperlocal news website Berkeleyside announced Thursday that it has raised $1 million from 400 readers to bolster its news coverage.

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Appeals Government 

Ninth Circuit

April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 ROBERT KAHN
Brief, California, driver's licenses, Ninth Circuit, Taxes

The Ninth Circuit affirmed Wednesday that the California Franchise Tax Board has the power to publish a list of the state’s 500 top tax delinquents, and suspend the driver’s license of anyone on the list.

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Politics 

Lt. Gov. Newsom Leads in California Governor’s Race

April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 NICK CAHILL
California, Elections, polling

With less than two months until the field is whittled to two candidates, Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom maintains a double-digit lead in California’s crowded gubernatorial race, according to a nonpartisan poll released Wednesday.

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Appeals Law Regional 

Landlords Win Appeal in San Francisco Rental Market Fight

April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 MATTHEW RENDA
California, first circuit, housing

A California appeals court reversed a lower court decision with implications for the property rights of landlords in San Francisco on Wednesday.

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Environment Government Regional 

Coastal Commission Develops Policy to Consult CA Tribes

April 11, 2018 BIANCA BRUNO
California, California Coastal Commission, Native Americans

In what was called “long overdue,” the California Coastal Commission Wednesday held the first public hearing on a new policy to consult with Native American tribes in California on coastal matters.

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