Kevin Rector
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Dianne Feinstein's daughter speaks on senator's family feud
Throughout her long career, California's Sen. Dianne Feinstein had maintained a polished public image. Now her personal affairs have come flooding into public view. → Read More
Challenge to California's 10-day wait for gun buyers renewed
Gun rights advocates are challenging California's 10-day waiting period for gun buyers, saying it is not legally justifiable after the Supreme Court's Bruen decision. → Read More
California refers U.S. citizen prisoners to ICE based on racist assumptions, lawsuit says
The ACLU is suing the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, saying it is referring U.S. citizens and lawful residents to federal immigration officials based on racist presumptions about their status in the country. → Read More
How strong is Disney's case against Ron DeSantis?
Disney sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week over land rights around its Orlando resorts. Experts say it's a proxy battle tied to the nation's roiling LGBTQ+ culture wars, and a potentially dangerous one for the 2024 Republican presidential contender. → Read More
Video from Nashville shooting shows officers' rush to end it
Nashville police swiftly released video from Monday's school shooting, showing the assailant's chilling prowl and responding officers' sense of urgency to stop it. → Read More
Thanks to the Supreme Court, California gun cases hinge more on history than modern threats
Thanks to the Supreme Court, cases challenging California's gun laws have been focused more on distant history than the weapons' modern threat. → Read More
Twitter can't disclose FBI demands for user info, court says
Twitter may not publicly detail to the degree it wants the number of times the FBI demands user information from it for national security investigations, a federal appellate court ruled Monday. → Read More
One man's battle to expose LAPD abuse during 2020 protests
Deon Jones' legal battle to hold the LAPD accountable for wounding him at a 2020 protest has been long and arduous. The city has made it that way. → Read More
Ventura County man arrested, charged in fatal shooting of his sister
Deputies arrested Brennan Post, 33, after responding to a call at a home in the Thousand Oaks area about 1:12 a.m. Friday, the sheriff's office said. → Read More
Orange County man who bought luxury cars with COVID relief funds sentenced to prison
Orange County man who bought luxury cars with COVID relief funds is sentenced to prison. → Read More
California attorney general launches unit to investigate questionable criminal convictions
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta has created a new legal team that will investigate 'wrongful or improper' criminal convictions from the past. → Read More
9th Circuit sides with employers in dispute over California law barring forced arbitration
A California law barring employers from requiring their employees to resolve workplace complaints in private runs afoul of federal law, a federal court ruled. → Read More
Avenging Billy: How amateur sleuths took on a gay porn actor’s haunting Hollywood murder
Local sleuths help find a suspect in gay porn actor Bill Newton's murder. His dismembered head and feet were found in a Hollywood dumpster in 1990. → Read More
9th Circuit upholds California prison reforms, citing abuse of inmates with disabilities
Citing a “staff culture of targeting inmates with disabilities” within California prisons, a federal appellate court on Thursday upheld the legality of a set of measures aimed at improv… → Read More
9th Circuit upholds California prison reforms, citing abuse of inmates with disabilities
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, citing abuse of California prisonsers with disabilities, upheld a slate of ordered reforms including officer body cameras. → Read More
Biden has yet to match Trump's impact on 9th Circuit
President Biden has appointed six judges to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and has two more on the way, but hasn't matched Trump's impact on the court. → Read More
Atty. Gen. says LAPD's McBride was justified, won't be charged in fatal Hernandez's killing
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta’s office cleared LAPD Officer Toni McBride of wrongdoing in the fatal 2020 shooting of Daniel Hernandez. → Read More
L.A. County shifts lawyer program for the poor from Bar Assn. to already busy public defender
Los Angeles County has moved a program providing attorneys to poor criminal defendants from the L.A. County Bar Assn. to the overworked office of the public defender. → Read More
Inside the LAPD's secretive private funding arm
A Times investigation reveals how LAPD officials work with the Los Angeles Police Foundation to solicit private funding for the public agency. → Read More
9th Circuit rejects 'qualified immunity' in LAPD shooting
A federal appeals court ruled that 'qualified immunity' should not prevent a lawsuit over a fatal LAPD shooting at a 24 Hour Fitness gym from going to a jury. → Read More