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Mom of 3 Children Found Dead in East LA is Arrested on Suspicion of Murder LOS ANGELES—The mother of three children found dead in an East Los Angeles home has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held in lieu of $2 million, Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said Tuesday. Sandra Chico, 28, was taken into custody as a “person of interest” after deputies found her children unresponsive in the home Monday afternoon. She was booked at 11 p.m., records show. She is being hel...

The women say the church harassed them after they went to police alleging they were raped by the actor. The church says they gave up the right to sue.

The women say the church harassed them after they went to police alleging they were raped by the actor. The church says they gave up the right to sue.

Karin Pouw telling the  Times that the allegations are “nothing more than a money shakedown.” Charlaine F. Olmedo ruled that the accusers provided substantial evidence during the four-day preliminary hearing. Olmedo also concluded, according to the  Times, that “Scientology has ‘an expressly written doctrine’ that ‘not only discourages, but prohibits’ its members from reporting one another to law enforcement.” The judge determined that the church’s policy is largely re...

Though the Church of Scientology works hard to keep its business out of the public eye, officials were unable to stop their practices from being debated in open court.

Matthew Ormseth and Richard Winton Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Fourteen years ago, police in Redondo Beach were called to a hospital where a woman had come after waking up in a stranger’s bed, naked and with no memory of what had happened. She believed she had been raped. An examination confirmed she’d had sex with a man. Police uploaded his DNA profile to a law enforcement database and, a few years later, it matched to a name: Paul Ruben Flores. Redondo detectives opened a rape inves...

POLITICO Get the California Playbook Newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by American Property Casualty Insurance Association THE BUZZ: Time to stock up on popcorn and whiskey: the California recall cir...

Matthew Ormseth, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times Fourteen years ago, police in Redondo Beach were called to a hospital where a woman had come after waking up in a strangers bed, naked and with no memory of what had happened. She believed she had been raped. An examination confirmed shed had sex with a man. Police uploaded his DNA profile to a law enforcement database and, a few years later, it matched to a name: Paul Ruben Flores. Redondo detectives opened a rape investigation into...

POLITICO Get the California Playbook Newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Southern California Edison THE BUZZ — Assemblymember Rob Bonta could bask in his attorney general confirmation for about an...

POLITICO Get the California Playbook Newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. 04/01/2021 09:15 AM EDT THE BUZZ — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Just two weeks after the launch of Gavin Newsom’s official campaign to beat back...