A California Division of Occupational Safety and Health investigation into the July 18 blast resulted in eight citations and more than $350,000 in fines, according to records from the state agency reviewed by The Times.
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office must comply with subpoenas issued by the county's civilian oversight board as part of a whistleblower investigation into alleged misconduct, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
Michelle Sadio, 44, had been attending a wake at the River of Life Pentecostal Church in Harlesden when she was fatally shot in the back, lung and shoulder on 14 December 2024. She died at the scene. Perry Allen-Thomas, 27, Shaquille Sutherland, 26, Amir Salem, 19, all from Wembley, and Tahjin Sommersall, 19, from Feltham, are on trial at the Old Bailey.
By our own rules and ordinances, we're not supposed to keep track of gang members. Now, we're not allowed to track anyone by their gang association. CalGang contained the personal information of roughly 80,000 suspected gang members - all of which has now been lost to police.
Many U.S. police departments, including the LAPD, discourage officers from shooting at moving vehicles due to the high risk of stray gunfire. Recent ICE shootings in Portland and Minneapolis have reignited debate over when deadly force against motorists is justified or necessary. Since January 2015, LAPD officers have fired their weapons at least 36 times at vehicles, killing seven motorists or passengers and wounding 12 others.
OAKLAND - Oakland recorded its fewest homicides in nearly six decades last year, a striking turnaround that came despite historic lows in the number of police officers on the force. The number of killings investigated last year fell to 67, with 57 of those categorized as murders - excluding cases such as justifiable homicides - a total not seen since 1967, according to data compiled by this news organization.