LA County mom appeals to DA Gascon after special charges dismissed against 3 accused of son’s brutal murder

San Diego County's top prosecutor is rescinding permission for Los Angeles County's newly elected district attorney to prosecute an alleged cop killer and suspected armed robber after the D.A. refused to bring special charges against the defendant.

“The very high numbers I will report today are, sadly, not a surprise,” said Los Angeles Public Health Chief Science Officer Dr. Paul Simon on Friday.

Emma Roberts is “thrilled” over her son’s arrival. The 'American Horror Story' star and her boyfriend Garrett Hedlund welcomed a baby into the world on December 27, whom they named Rhodes, and sources have said the couple are happier than ever to have started the next chapter of their lives as parents.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been formally charged with a DUI following his November arrest in 2020.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged Jonathan Rhys Meyers with DUI after his November 2020 arrest, Us Weekly can exclusively confirm.

Armie Hammer recently reunited with his two children – Harper, 6, and Ford, 3 – after spending some time apart from them. Armie was back in Los Angeles while his kids and ex, Elizabeth Chambers, were in the Cayman Islands.

Los Angeles County ended 2020 breaking Covid-19 records and brought in the new year doing just the same.

On New Year’s Eve, Los Angeles County reported a third consecutive day of record coronavirus-related deaths. The tally was another 290 lives lost, although some of them are due to a backlog in reporting from the holiday weekend.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón defended his decision to issue directives ordering prosecutors not to pursue legally prescribed enhanced sentences in a variety of cases. After the Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County (ADDA) sued Gascón, claiming that the blanket policies violate state law, Gascón claimed that harsher sentences only cause more problems.

Prosecutors in Los Angeles County are asking a judge for an order that would keep them from enforcing new directives from District Attorney George Gascón that would require them to be lenient in their sentencing recommendations for specified types of offenders. The Association of Deputy District Attorney's for Los Angeles County (ADDA) claimed in a lawsuit filed that the directives would mean violating state laws that require enhanced sentences in certain cases.

SAG-AFTRA leaders told their members tonight that “most entertainment productions will remain on hiatus until the second or third week of January, if not later.” The update comes the day after the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health urged the film and TV industry to consider pausing production for a few weeks during the ongoing surge in coronavirus cases throughout the county.

Prolific television writer-producer William Link, co-creator of classic TV series including Columbo, Murder She Wrote among others, died Sunday, December 27 of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles, his wife, Margery Nelson, told Deadline. He was 87.

Ellise Shafer administratorThe Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is urging film productions in the area to “strongly consider” pausing their operations for a few weeks amid a continued surge in COVID-19 cases.Per FilmLA, in an email sent to the county’s film industry contacts on Dec.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is urging the film and TV industry to consider pausing production for a few weeks during the ongoing surge in coronavirus cases throughout the county. “Although music, TV and film productions are allowed to operate,” the health department said, “we ask you to strongly consider pausing work for a few weeks during this catastrophic surge in Covid cases.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to render the holiday season, once merry and bright, a period of darkness and loss as Los Angeles Public Health officials confirm 29,464 new Covid-19 cases in just two days.

As fools like Kirk Cameron flouting safety protocols, holiday cheer was in short supply today as coronavirus deaths and hospitalizations in Los Angeles County broke new tragic records, according to region health officials.

Police body camera video released Monday by authorities in Southern California shows a violent arrest of a man, who later died, in a grocery store earlier this month. Ernie Serrano, 33, of Jurupa Valley, Calif., which is east of Los Angeles, died after a Dec.

LOS ANGELES – Community groups and even some of his own prosecutors felt blindsided when, in his first week in office, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon announced that his sweeping plan for criminal justice reform included a blanket end to sentencing enhancements — including for hate crimes.

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported Saturday that it has tallied 610,372 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 8,817 deaths. since the pandemic began last February.

Los Angeles County reached yet another grim milestone on Saturday as Public Health officials reported more than 600,000 total cases of Covid-19. To date the county has recorded a total of 610,372 coronavirus cases.