Matthew Ormseth is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining The Times in 2018, he covered city news and state politics at the Hartford Courant.
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During an investigation of the Mosquito fire, which burned nearly 80,000 acres in Placer County, California regulators found PG&E committed safety violations.
A fight broke out Friday night in Exposition Park over a broken bottle. It led to a machete stabbing, police say
After a late lunch with his wife at Bossa Nova, Miguel Angel Aguilar got in his 1959 Chevrolet Impala and headed home. He didn’t notice the Acura that tailed him through rush-hour traffic on Sunset Boulevard.
The owner of a nail salon in the San Fernando Valley allegedly stole $1.4 million from a dozen people, taking advantage of connections in the local Vietnamese community to solicit investments that were never repaid.
A Los Angeles man admitted to recruiting thieves — who claimed they never knew each other’s real names — for brazen robberies that targeted marijuana grows, warehouses and luxury stores. Court filings show he was repeatedly arrested and released, even after a security guard was gunned down.
A California prison guard smuggled 20 kilograms of cocaine from Mexico to a stash house in Rowland Heights, prosecutors allege.
A recent Los Angeles trial revealed a subculture that revolves around newly created crypto wealth and young men who flaunt fortunes built through elaborate scams.
Authorities allege that a 23-year-old Sylmar resident shot a man in the street because of simmering frustration over officials not clearing away recreational vehicles in the area.
Former Democrat donor Ed Buck convicted in drug deaths, must now pay $2 million to a victim’s family, civil jury finds.