NEW: IN ADDITION to begging LASD to close a rat-infested part of Men's Central Jail, oversight officials are now pushing the dept to close an "aggressive" bureau they say is silencing whistleblowers and downplaying misconduct in the upper ranks. latimes.com/california/sto…

He’s wrongly convicted of murder. She’s a California hippie mom. Can they prove his innocence? latimes.com/california/sto… Harriet Ryan

The IRE Award for Sports Investigations goes to Melody Gutierrez of the @LATimes. "Boxer Pensions on the Ropes” exposed multiple failures by administrators of a pension program envisioned as a safety net for boxers in California. latimes.com/california/sto…

I spoke with two of the Daily Bruin reporters who were attacked early this morning while doing their jobs. Without question, they said they will continue covering the unrest on their campus and serving their community. "I can't sit back." latimes.com/california/sto…

L.A. Times’ Paul Pringle Wins Inaugural Award from the Center for Integrity in News Reporting latimes.com/about/pressrel…

Roaming grows in California and Oregon to report on cannabis workers dying or being ripped off, I saw a constant presence of pesticides. I wondered how much of this is winding up in the legal market?

Important deep dive by David Wharton of Wagmor Pets, a dog rescue that became a favorite of Hollywood celebrities. But were the dogs really ‘rescues’? latimes.com/california/sto…

Probe finds misconduct by California National Guard commander; Pentagon nixes it latimes.com/california/sto… Paul Pringle

This important Los Angeles Times story exposes an outrageous attempt by the LA Sheriff's Department to criminalize constitutionally protected journalism and lays bare the department's buffoonish investigation driven by clownish critical thinking. 🤡 latimes.com/california/sto…

Los Angeles Times Maya Lau And here is the important story by Maya Lau Ben Poston & Corina Knoll at the center of this LASD investigation that treated Maya Lau as a criminal suspect. The reporters revealed dishonesty and other serious misconduct by sheriff's deputies still on the job latimes.com/local/californ…

🚨A Los Angeles Times reporter broke a huge story about deputies accused of misconduct. The LA Sheriff responded by investigating HER for three years latimes.com/california/sto… The truth finally revealed

“It’s the kind of action that’s aimed at intimidating journalists from digging into government agencies.” Keri Blakinger and Alene Tchekmedyian reveal how the L.A. County Sheriff secretly investigated a Los Angeles Times reporter over a leaked list of problem deputies: latimes.com/california/sto…

It’s an outrage that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department would criminally investigate me as a reporter for doing my job. It’s the kind of action that’s aimed at intimidating journalists from digging into government agencies. (1/2) latimes.com/california/sto…

The leak referenced in this story was critical in my being able to write articles, with my colleagues, that helped change laws to open more police disciplinary files for public review, undoing decades of secrecy in California.

After Times reporter Maya Lau was leaked a list of problematic sheriff’s deputies, the Sheriff's Department investigated her for years + wanted her charged for receiving stolen property. Important + chilling story from Keri Blakinger and Alene Tchekmedyian latimes.com/california/sto…

For >3 years, LASD secretly investigated — & urged the Cal AG to prosecute — an Los Angeles Times reporter who wrote about a leaked list of problem deputies. They claimed her 1A-protected reporting was actually a crime. My latest, with Alene Tchekmedyian: latimes.com/california/sto…

Maya Lau Alene Tchekmedyian It's worth noting, by the way, that this was important work. Maya reported on deputies planted evidence, had oral sex in a patrol car, and pepper-sprayed an elderly man in the face and then wrote a false report about it latimes.com/local/la-me-sh…

“It’s the kind of action that’s aimed at intimidating journalists from digging into government agencies.” ✍️ ⁦Keri Blakinger⁩ ⁦Alene Tchekmedyian⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

Today Los Angeles Times launched a series on the rapid decline in local news in California. Newspapers are dying. Communities are going uncovered. California is now considering radical action to save the news. latimes.com/california/sto…

🗞️NEWS THREAD 🗞️ Public pension investments are designed to beef up the plans that teachers and other public employees rely on when they retire. But critics of these higher risk real estate funds say their very design encourages gentrification. latimes.com/california/sto…