Mark Geragos

FBI Probes Ron Calderon, One of California's Worst Legislators

Update: Top Sacramento officials deny earlier official reports that the FBI took files from the Latino Caucus offices. See at bottom. First posted at 11:53 a.m. The FBI is investigating California state Sen. Ron Calderon, a Los Angeles-area legislator exposed by L.A. Weekly for putting his own nam ... More >>

Jodi Arias Is Not White (and Other Lessons About Latinos)

See coverage of the Arias case from our sister publication Phoenix New Times here. There was a time when using the term "Mexican" was thought to be impolite. Perhaps that sentiment stems from the Chicano identity movement of the 1960s and '70s, when activists wanted it known that not every suspect ... More >>

Caleche Ranae Manos, Nude: Cops Get Eye Full in Botched Raid of Miss Nevada's Place -- Suit

Sheriff's deputies who raided a Santa Monica apartment early last November 15 allegedly got an eye full -- of a nude Miss Nevada 2007, Caleche Ranae Manos. Now, before all the guys in the greater Los Angeles region pump their fists Rafael Nadal-style and say, Right on!, consider the ramifications: ... More >>

Rhea Chung and Darryl Holter, Trade-Tech College Execs, Complicated Fiscal Woes With Steamy Emails

Read responses from Darryl Holter and Geragos & Geragos representing Rhea Chung. Three years ago, beautiful Rhea Chung was a 39-year-old secretary when her boss, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College president Roland "Chip" Chapdelaine, promoted her to run the college foundation -- a modest nonprofit ... More >>

Armenian Assassin's Parole Pushed as Issue in D.A. Race

The case of Hampig Sassounian has been a cause celebre within the local Armenian community for nearly 30 years. In 1982, Sassounian and an accomplice assassinated the Turkish consul general, in an act of revenge for the Armenian genocide.Sassounian was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in pr ... More >>

Occupy LA: LAPD Investigates Caught-on-Video Arrest of Journalist Calvin Milam

YouTubeMilam's about to charge.​Updated at the bottom: The LAPD has opened an investigation into this case, but a commander disputes Mark Geragos' take on what happened to his client that night. The arrest of a journalist for alleged failure to disperse at Occupy L.A. last month was caught on ... More >>

Albert Abrams, Mayor Villaraigosa's Neighborhood Councils Honcho, Blames 'Split Personality,' Pain, For Child Porn Problems

Albert Abrams.​Updated at the bottom with with reaction from one Neighborhood Council leader. First posted at 11:33 p.m. Wednesday. Albert Abrams, top dog at the L.A. Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, appeared to admit to a local TV news station that he viewed child porn because "it is ... More >>

LOYOLAN AND TRUE

Lawsuit Filed Against LAPD, City In Case Of Fatal Venice Collision

Devin Petelski​The parents of a young woman killed in a collision with a Los Angeles Police Department cruiser in Venice have filed a civil suit against the city, the LAPD, and officers James Eldridge (the driver) and Ramon Vasquez, attorneys for the family announced Friday. Devin Petelski, 2 ... More >>

Woman In Crash With LAPD Laid To Rest; Questions Remain

​Devin Petelski, the 25-year-old Brentwood woman killed in a traffic collision involving a Los Angeles Police Department cruiser last month, was laid to rest during a small private ceremony Friday as questions remained about the Venice crash. Her family had retained the services of star attor ... More >>

Valley Girl's Death Spurs Lawsuit Against CIGNA

Today's L.A. Times' Business section looks at the battle of a San Fernando Valley couple fighting a health-care giant over the death of their daughter. Nataline Sarkisyan was 17 when CIGNA rejected her family's request for the medical insurer to cover a liver-transplant operation urged by her UCLA d ... More >>

Will Adelman Face Charges in Sex-Toy Case?

LAPD awaits the D.A.'s word in the lurid scandal gripping City Hall

Bulletin: City Official Andrew Adelman Resigns After Rape Allegations

Andrew Adelman ​​Andrew Adelman, the general manager of the city's Department of Building and Safety Department, has resigned amid allegations that he raped an unconscious woman after a pub crawl organized by city employees in July. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has named Raymond Chan as Adelman's ... More >>

Andrew Adelman's Building & Safety Mess

Lurid rape claim aside, there's no mystery about his failed oversight

Andrew Adelman's Sick Sex Scandal

Rape and kidnapping claim hits a long-criticized Los Angeles City Hall bureaucrat

High City Official Andrew Adelman in Rape Investigation

The LAPD search warrant didn't mince words. It stated that shortly after a July 10 pub crawl involving Andrew Adelman​half a dozen friends and acquaintances had begun near downtown's Music Center, a woman in the group blacked out and hours later "woke up naked in bed." That wouldn't be the end of ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Chris Brown Deal in the Works? R&B singer Chris Brown's attorney, Mark Geragos, may be close to making a plea deal with the District Attorney's office regarding the charges Brown faces in the alleged beating of singer-girlfriend Rihanna. Brown's arraignment has been scheduled for 3 p.m. Monday. ... More >>

Chris Brown: Not Guilty, Not Guilty

R&B singer Chris Brown, 19, had his arraignment downtown today and, despite earlier talk of his lawyer, Mark Geragos, massaging a plea deal with the D.A.'s office, Brown ended up pleaded not guilty to two felony charges: assault and making a criminal threat. Brown allegedly beat his girlfriend, ... More >>

Best Served Cold

Obnoxious, brilliant litigator Yagman will make his prosecutors’ lives miserable

Un Pueblo Olvidado por la Ley

A Spanish translation of “The Town the Law Forgot”. Pandillas, carteles y políticas al estilo “sur de la frontera” enlodan la reputación de un suburbio de L.A.

The Town the Law Forgot

An L.A. ’burb is mired in gangs, cartels and south-of-the-border-style politics

Judging Winona

Steve Cooley and class warfare in Beverly Hills

Strange Bedfellows: Winona and the Chicago 7

Uneasy Rests the Crown