Tag: Los Angeles County

Los Angeles Prosecutor on Election Software Firm Case Claims Charges Dropped over DA’s Political Concerns

Just the News

A lead prosecutor on a case involving the CEO of an election software company has filed a government tort complaint against Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón for allegedly dismissing criminal charges improperly against the company executive for political purposes.

The prosecution of the head of an election software company used by election offices across the country that began in October 2022 was ended about a month later because of the Los Angeles County district attorney’s concerns about his political image, according to the lead prosecutor’s complaint against the DA.

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Los Angeles Implements ‘Zero Bail’ System

Georgia Star News Staff

The heavily-populated Los Angeles County implemented its own “zero bail” system this week, allowing for most criminals to be released from jail almost immediately after being arrested.

According to the Washington Free Beacon, the new policy replaces the previous one requiring defendants to post bail before they could be released, with the bail often set at a certain level depending on the severity of the crime committed. The Left has long advocated against the concept of bail, on the basis that it allegedly results in poorer criminals staying incarcerated.

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Los Angeles, Cook Counties Post Biggest Population Losses in U.S. in 2022

Georgia Star News Staff

The number of people who used to live in Los Angeles County and Cook County in Illinois continues to plummet.

Los Angeles County posted the largest population decline of all counties in the United States in 2022, falling by 90,704 and continuing a downward trend. It lost nearly twice that amount (180,394) in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2022 estimates released Thursday.

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Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Skyrocket over 1,000 Percent in Los Angeles County

Georgia Star News Staff

Los Angeles County saw accidental fentanyl overdose deaths increase more than twelvefold from 2016 to 2021, according to a new County Public Health Department report.

Accidental fentanyl overdoses killed 1,504 people in the county last year, a roughly 1,280% rise compared to the 109-individual death toll in 2016, according to the report released Tuesday. Total accidental drug overdose deaths more than doubled in that time, with deaths from accidental opioid overdoses and methamphetamine overdoses both rising by over 300%.

Adults from 26 to 39 years old had the highest accidental fentanyl overdose rate of any age group in 2020, while 18- to 25-year-olds had the highest fentanyl overdose hospitalization rate that year, based on the report’s data. Men died of accidental fentanyl overdoses at a far higher rate than women.

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Chris Carr Calls Out George Soros for Installing Partisan District Attorneys

Addison Basurto

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (R) called out billionaire and Open Society founder George Soros for his financial support of progressive district attorneys, a move that has resulted in crime spikes across the nation.

“George Soros has spent tens of millions to elect prosecutors who care more about coddling criminals than about protecting families. Now the Soros family is funding my Democrat opponent because they know I’ll stand up for YOU, not criminals,” Carr wrote on Twitter Tuesday.

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Professional Golfer Tiger Woods Injured in Car Accident, Trump Calls Woods ‘a True Champion’

Georgia Star News Staff

Tiger Woods was injured Tuesday morning in a rollover car crash, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Multiple news reports say Woods was removed from the vehicle with a “jaws of life” device, he was the only person in the vehicle and the extent of his injuries are unknown. But later multiple reports corrected the part about the “jaws of life,” and say that it was not used to extricate him.

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