Deadly East L.A. blast follows other incidents at sheriff’s training facilities ^97.2%

Los Angeles Times - By Matthew Ormseth, Summer Lin - 7/18/2025, 11:47 PM

The explosion that killed three Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies on Friday morning wasn’t the first time a deputy died at a training facility. Sheriff Robert Luna said the blast at the Biscailuz Training Center in East Los Angeles marked the deadliest day in department history since 1857. But the most recent death at a training... more

'A well-oiled machine': The Mexican Mafia's money-making operation in L.A. County jails ^2.7%

Los Angeles Times - By Matthew Ormseth - 10/27/2022, 12:00 PM

Appeal to Authority 36.9% - Anecdotal 9.1% - Negativity Bias 8.4%

The authorities were listening when Ramon Amaya called his wife from the Pomona city jail. Amaya, a gang member nicknamed Happy, said on a recorded line that he hoped a judge wouldn't release him before he was sent to the county's main lockup in downtown Los Angeles. “I'm gonna tell the judge, ‘F— you, keep me,’ ” Amaya said, adding that... more