Salvador Hernandez is a reporter on the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. Before joining the newsroom in 2022, he was a senior reporter for BuzzFeed News, where he covered criminal justice issues, the growing militia movement and breaking news. He also covered crime as a reporter at the Orange County Register. He is a Los Angeles native.
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In opposing a new trial for the Menendez brothers in their parents’ killing, L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman cited an issue that has dogged the defendants.
Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman said Friday that he’ll revisit the issue of resentencing the brothers, who are serving life terms for killing their parents in 1989.
A law firm has filed a motion saying Southern California Edison didn’t communicate a decision to reenergize Eaton Canyon transmission lines, and evidence may have been altered.
A month after the L.A. firestorms brought unprecedented levels of destruction, the region is still grappling with basic questions about what caused the blazes, why evacuations were so chaotic and whether officials were prepared. Here is a rundown from Times reporting.
More than 40 lawsuits have been filed against Southern California Edison, as law firms launch their own investigations into the cause of the Eaton fire.
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