Former UCLA School of Dentistry student Jaime Tran agreed to plead guilty Tuesday to all charges related to him shooting two Jewish men in February 2023 as they left religious services. Tran, who was last enrolled at UCLA in 2018, pled guilty to two counts of hate crimes with intent to kill and two counts of using, carrying and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, according to a Tuesday press release from the United States Department of Justice. Tran is expected to plead guilty to those felony charges in front of U.S. Read more...
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Crime, Los Angeles, News
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May 13, 7:31 pm
Community members share traits they want to see in new LAPD police chief
Community members highlighted issues they want to see addressed by the next LAPD police chief during a webinar Tuesday. The webinar – co-hosted by District 5 Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky and the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners on Tuesday evening – allowed participants to share complaints surrounding officers, including slow response times. Read more...
Photo: Dominic Choi, who is the interim chief of LAPD, is pictured alongside Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Katy Yaroslavsky and the LA Board of Police Commissioners held a webinar Tuesday to hear community input on characteristics they want the new chief to hold. (Courtesy of the Office of Mayor Bass)
Crime, Los Angeles, News, Science & Health
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April 21, 11:48 pm
Former Harbor-UCLA doctor failed to disclose more than $700K in industry payments
Investigators found that Harbor-UCLA Medical Center’s former chief of orthopedics Dr. Louis Kwong – who currently faces two sexual misconduct lawsuits against him – also failed to disclose more than $700,000 in payments from a medical device company. Read more...
Photo: The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is pictured. The hospital’s former chief of orthopedics, Louis Kwong – who staff said fostered a racist and sexist culture – was found to have not disclosed thousands in payments from medical device companies. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
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April 1, 5:27 pm
Crimewatch: March 2024
Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Sharla Steinman, city and crime editor. Interactive by Junwon Choi, Data editor. UCPD recorded 633 unique entries in its March daily crime log. Read more...
Crime, Los Angeles, News, Science & Health
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March 23, 8:19 pm
Harbor-UCLA, former orthopedics chief part ways amid sexual misconduct allegations
Former Harbor-UCLA Medical Center orthopedics chief Dr. Louis Kwong, who currently faces several allegations of sexual misconduct, is no longer employed by the hospital. Chief Medical Officer Griselda Gutierrez informed orthopedics staff of Kwong’s departure March 13, though the hospital refused to clarify Thursday if it was voluntary or forced, the Los Angeles Daily News reported Friday. Read more...
Photo: The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California, is pictured. Harbor-UCLA confirmed this month that its former orthopedics chief, Dr. Louis Kwong – who has been under investigation for sexual misconduct – is no longer employed by the hospital. (Courtesy of Biochemistry2016/Wikimedia Commons)
Crime, News
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March 2, 9:11 pm
Crimewatch: February 2024
Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Sharla Steinman, City and Crime Editor. Interactive by Junwon Choi, Data Editor. UCPD recorded 657 unique entries in its February daily crime log. Read more...
Campus, Crime, News
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February 22, 2:21 pm
UCLA ECE caregiver arrested for sexual battery, willful cruelty to a child
This post was updated Feb. 25 at 10:52 p.m. Editor’s note: This post was updated to remove a photo of the Fernald Center, one of the UCLA Early Child Care and Education Centers. Read more...
Photo: Janss Steps are pictured. Following the arrest of an Early Care and Education caregiver, the centers have increased security and changed the gate code. (Daily Bruin file photo)