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photojournalist , college professor, mama Based in Los Angeles www.jillconnellyphoto.com Freelance for: @delos @bloomberg @epa @zumapress @reuters @ap

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#iran rally in Westwood @apnews.com

06.03.2026 15:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Man accused of starting Palisades fire should be released after Lachman fire revelations, attorney says Jonathan Rinderknecht has been in federal custody for about 150 days following his October arrest in relation to allegedly starting the Lachman fire on Jan. 1, 2025.

Man accused of starting Palisades fire should be released after Lachman fire revelations, attorney says
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06.03.2026 01:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Engine issue forces emergency landing at LAX, forcing temporary ground stop for flights The United Airlines flight was headed to Newark Liberty International Airport.

Engine issue forces emergency landing at LAX, forcing temporary ground stop for flights
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02.03.2026 22:00 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Woman badly injured in dog attack at San Fernando Valley shelter awarded $5.4 million by jury Genice Horta was attacked by a Belgian Malinois at the East Valley Animal Shelter in 2020.

Woman badly injured in dog attack at San Fernando Valley shelter awarded $5.4 million by jury
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04.03.2026 01:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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People march and chant during a rally against Iran's ruling establishment in Los Angeles, California, U.S. February 28, 2026. @reuters.com

04.03.2026 01:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Saturday at CSUN Art Gallery

27.02.2026 06:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Tortoise’s relatively quick escape from Fullerton shed fire caught on camera Leo, a 3-year-old tortoise, fled from flames after a heat lamp started a fire,

Tortoise’s relatively quick escape from Fullerton shed fire caught on camera
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13.02.2026 16:02 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Girl, 10, and man stabbed in Sunland It happened just before 7:45 a.m. Friday.

Girl, 10, and man stabbed in Sunland
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06.02.2026 19:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Parents who lost children to social media–related harms hold a vigil ahead of a social media addiction trial set to begin next week in Los Angeles, California. @reuters.com

06.02.2026 15:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Pacoima pastor arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a minor “Prophet Junior Bennett” of Pinon Hills is the head pastor of Breakthrough Church in Pacoima.

Pacoima pastor arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a minor
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05.02.2026 16:03 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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No police are needed to enforce California’s new no-mask law, senators say Anyone can file a lawsuit against immigration or other officers who violate the No Secret Police Act., author of the bill says.

No cops are needed to enforce California’s new no-mask law, senators say
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04.02.2026 00:00 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The Murder of The Washington Post Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.

"The Post is all of our “we”—the journalists fighting for it, the ones competing against it, those of us in the diaspora, and especially the community that counts on it and the nation that turns to it." Thank you @ashleyrparker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

04.02.2026 15:23 👍 96 🔁 33 💬 3 📌 5
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There’s a reason it was the 1st amendment to the constitution. #donlemon for @bloomberg.com

31.01.2026 05:50 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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LAPD won’t enforce ban on federal law enforcement officers wearing masks, chief says LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said the ban is “not a good public policy decision.”

LAPD won’t enforce ban on federal law enforcement officers wearing masks, chief says
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30.01.2026 02:00 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Los Angeles saw fewer homicides in 2025 than any year since 1966, new crime stats show Chief Jim McDonnell discussed the city’s 2025 crime statistics on Thursday, Jan. 29.

Los Angeles saw fewer homicides in 2025 than any year since 1966, new crime stats show
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30.01.2026 16:01 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Tesla crashes into living room of a Pacoima home, injuring 2 It happened early Friday morning

Tesla crashes into living room of a Pacoima home, injuring 2
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25.01.2026 20:00 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Malibu Forward’: A year later, Malibu residents gather to mourn losses and look to a brighter future in fire’s wake Entering City Hall, Malibu residents streamed down a hallway lined with photographs of first responders during the Palisades fire,

‘Malibu Forward’: A year later, Malibu residents gather to mourn losses and look to a brighter future in fire’s wake
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08.01.2026 16:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Man killed, woman injured in Sylmar domestic-violence shooting The shooting happened around 7:15 a.m.

Man killed, woman injured in Sylmar domestic-violence shooting
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08.01.2026 19:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Unbearable’ bear holed up under Altadena home finally takes off – 6 weeks later The 550-pound bear had been living under Altadena resident Ken Johnson’s house since Nov. 25.

‘Unbearable’ bear holed up under Altadena home finally takes off – 6 weeks later
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10.01.2026 16:00 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Brother of Rams’ receiver Puka Nacua did not steal Laker Adou Thiero’s BMW The theft accusation, reported in West Hollywood, was the result of a misunderstanding, authorities said.

Brother of Rams’ receiver Puka Nacua did not steal Laker Adou Thiero’s BMW
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17.01.2026 16:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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New 211 LA partnerships expand disaster relief in the county The nonprofit announced the Crisis Care Plan Alliance, an effort to be prepared for future disasters.

New 211 LA partnerships expand disaster relief in the county
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21.01.2026 16:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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San Bernardino City Councilmember Treasure Ortiz charged with illegally recording police personnel Ortiz is accused of recording the police personnel in connection with a lawsuit she filed against the city.

San Bernardino City Councilmember Treasure Ortiz charged with illegally recording police personnel.

My story with @sierravanderbrug.bsky.social in the @sbsun.bsky.social:

23.01.2026 00:59 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Tesla crashes into living room of a Pacoima home, injuring 2 It happened early Friday morning

Tesla crashes into living room of a Pacoima home, injuring 2
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24.01.2026 02:00 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns

Breaking NYT:

The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.

23.01.2026 23:15 👍 17638 🔁 7666 💬 530 📌 415
Ban on use of 40mm KIPS
Plaintiffs request the Court ban LAPD’s use of 40mm KIPS as a crowd
control tool, arguing that the Ninth Circuit has held that such munitions “are not
intended to disperse an individual; they are intended to ‘incapacitate’ a target.”
(Mot. at 15) (citing Nelson v. City of Davis, 685 F.3d 867, 873-74 (9th Cir. 2012);
Deorle v. Rutherford, 272 F.3d 1272, 1285 (9th Cir. 2001). The Court’s May 10,
2021 Preliminary Injunction provides restrictions on LAPD’s use of 40mm
munitions, including: a restriction on using the 40mm launchers in public

Ban on use of 40mm KIPS Plaintiffs request the Court ban LAPD’s use of 40mm KIPS as a crowd control tool, arguing that the Ninth Circuit has held that such munitions “are not intended to disperse an individual; they are intended to ‘incapacitate’ a target.” (Mot. at 15) (citing Nelson v. City of Davis, 685 F.3d 867, 873-74 (9th Cir. 2012); Deorle v. Rutherford, 272 F.3d 1272, 1285 (9th Cir. 2001). The Court’s May 10, 2021 Preliminary Injunction provides restrictions on LAPD’s use of 40mm munitions, including: a restriction on using the 40mm launchers in public

demonstrations except by officers who successfully completed Department
training and meet all annual qualification requirements on the weapon; an officer
may use 40mm less-lethal munitions only when the officer reasonably believes
that a suspect is violently resisting arrest or poses an immediate threat of violence
or physical harm; use of 40mm less-lethal munitions should be preceded by a
warning, if feasible, consistent with the Use of Force Warning set forth in LAPD
Use of Force – Tactics Directive No. 17; they should only be fired at a distance of
five feet or greater from another person; and must not be used to target the head,
neck, face, eyes, kidneys, chest, groin or spine of a person. (See Preliminary
Injunction Order.) Here, Plaintiffs provide evidence that Defendants used 40mm
munitions on protestors who did not pose an immediate threat of violence of
physical harm, did not provide warnings before using the munitions, and hit
protestors in restricted areas of the body. (See Exs. 152-153, 169-173, 176;
Luksus Decl. ¶¶ 8-10; Ashby Decl. ¶¶ 1,3,6; Fernandez Decl. ¶¶ 2-6.) Defendants
violated the Court’s Preliminary Injunction Order regarding certain restricted uses
of the 40mm and therefore, a ban on 40mm launchers and less-lethal munitions is
appropriate.
The Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ request for a ban on the use of 40mm KIPs
as a crowd control tool.

demonstrations except by officers who successfully completed Department training and meet all annual qualification requirements on the weapon; an officer may use 40mm less-lethal munitions only when the officer reasonably believes that a suspect is violently resisting arrest or poses an immediate threat of violence or physical harm; use of 40mm less-lethal munitions should be preceded by a warning, if feasible, consistent with the Use of Force Warning set forth in LAPD Use of Force – Tactics Directive No. 17; they should only be fired at a distance of five feet or greater from another person; and must not be used to target the head, neck, face, eyes, kidneys, chest, groin or spine of a person. (See Preliminary Injunction Order.) Here, Plaintiffs provide evidence that Defendants used 40mm munitions on protestors who did not pose an immediate threat of violence of physical harm, did not provide warnings before using the munitions, and hit protestors in restricted areas of the body. (See Exs. 152-153, 169-173, 176; Luksus Decl. ¶¶ 8-10; Ashby Decl. ¶¶ 1,3,6; Fernandez Decl. ¶¶ 2-6.) Defendants violated the Court’s Preliminary Injunction Order regarding certain restricted uses of the 40mm and therefore, a ban on 40mm launchers and less-lethal munitions is appropriate. The Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ request for a ban on the use of 40mm KIPs as a crowd control tool.

BREAKING: Federal judge bans LAPD from using 40mm foam rounds for crowd control.

Doesn't seem to cover other "less lethal" munitions (ex: 37mm, tear gas), but I suspect 40mm have done most harm.

This is in BLM protest case. Different judge than LA Press Club case.

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15.01.2026 23:51 👍 123 🔁 37 💬 2 📌 2
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Parents of Campbell Hall student killed in the school’s parking lot file wrongful death suit Cosmo Silverman, 15, died after he was pinned between two SUVs during school pickup in June.

Parents of Campbell Hall student killed in the school’s parking lot file wrongful death suit
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31.12.2025 16:00 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Mt. Baldy trails closed through Jan. 7 after three hikers found dead Closures were set for select trails and other areas starting Jan. 1.

Mt. Baldy trails closed through Jan. 7 after three hikers found dead
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01.01.2026 16:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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LA gets most Christmas rain since 1971 and another storm is coming for New Year’s Day Southern California will dry out over the weekend before rain is forecasted once again on New Year’s.

LA gets most Christmas rain since 1971 and another storm is coming for New Year’s Day
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27.12.2025 01:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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25.12.2025 17:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Man sentenced to death for OC killing in 1980 dies in prison Benjamin Watta was convicted of killing Simone Sharpe in Seal Beach.

Man sentenced to death for OC killing in 1980 dies in prison
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