PTSD awareness Archives

Video: Apparent Halloween thief trots away with 13-foot-tall Jack Skellington October 8, 2025

Video caught the apparent theft of a 13-foot-tall Jack Skellington decoration from a Corona home. The owner is hoping for its return.

Karen Garcia

City seeks to overturn judge's order limiting LAPD use of crowd control weapons October 8, 2025

The move comes less than a month after a federal judge issued a temporary injunction over allegations that LAPD officers used excessive force against members of the press covering protests against the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Libor Jany

$200,000 in jewelry stolen when jeweler pulled over to check on a flat tire, police say October 7, 2025

Three men are believed to have stolen around $200,000 from a jeweler at knifepoint in Woodland Hills on Monday evening.

Andrew J. Campa

L.A. County launches investigation into historic sex abuse settlement October 7, 2025

L.A. County's Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to begin an investigation into a $4-billion settlement following reporting by The Times that uncovered plaintiffs who said they were paid to sue.

Rebecca Ellis

Federal agents held him in a hospital for 37 days, at times shackled to his bed, without charging him October 7, 2025

Bayron Rovidio Marin broke his leg when federal agents raided the car wash where he worked. He was surveilled for more than a month in his hospital bed at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center before a federal judge ordered that guards be removed.

Brittny Mejia, Rachel Uranga

Sensitive police files to be opened up for watchdogs under new law signed by Newsom October 7, 2025

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will expand access by oversight officials to confidential law enforcement records, enacting legislation backed by family members of people harmed by L.A. County sheriff's deputies.

Connor Sheets

Newsom signs bill that targets antisemitism and other discrimination in schools October 7, 2025

A new California law creates an Office for Civil Rights to monitor and help schools comply with state antidiscrimination laws.

Howard Blume

Tom Girardi's son-in-law is sentenced in legal fraud scandal October 7, 2025

David Lira, the son-in-law of disgraced attorney Tom Giradi, gets four months in prison for his involvement in a scheme in which payments were withheld from the survivors of plane crash victims.

Clara Harter

Trash fees will spike for many L.A. residents in aftermath of city's fiscal crisis October 7, 2025

The waste collection program had previously been heavily subsidized, to the tune of about $500,000 a day, which was no longer viable given the city's financial straits.

Julia Wick

California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory braces for layoffs as federal budget battle drags on October 7, 2025

Agency officials confirmed that layoffs are imminent this month, but declined to provide an exact number of affected employees.

Hayley Smith

Film led by CreatiVets and backed by Alycia Kaback and Sir Michael Fomkin reveals how creativity becomes a lifeline for America’s wounded warriors. By The…