Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement They stood in the makeshift courtroom to confront the man who had bound and brutalized them decades ago.The masked assailant who had terrorized California as the Golden State Killer in the 1970s and ’80s sat hunched before them — now a thin, stooped, 74-year-old man.Wearing orange jail clothing and a clear protective face shield, Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. admitted guilt Monday to more than a dozen murders and scores of home invasion rapes and other crimes at a court hearing in a Cal State Sacramento ballroom.AdvertisementAs...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement They stood in the makeshift courtroom to confront the man who had bound and brutalized them decades ago.The masked assailant who had terrorized California as the Golden State Killer in the 1970s and ’80s sat hunched before them — now a thin, stooped, 74-year-old man.Wearing orange jail clothing and a clear protective face shield, Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. admitted guilt Monday to more than a dozen murders and scores of home invasion rapes and other crimes at a court hearing in a Cal State Sacramento ballroom.AdvertisementAs...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., 74, has agreed to admit scores of crimes for which he is not charged, source said. The former police officer accused of terrorizing California during a series of rapes and killings nearly a half-century ago attributed to the Golden State Killer is expected to plead guilty this month in a deal that will spare him the death penalty, according to multiple sources.Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., 74, is set to enter a guilty plea to 13 murders and kidnapping charges from as many rapes in a yet-to-be determined...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., 74, has agreed to admit scores of crimes for which he is not charged, source said. The former police officer accused of terrorizing California during a series of rapes and killings nearly a half-century ago attributed to the Golden State Killer is expected to plead guilty this month in a deal that will spare him the death penalty, according to multiple sources.Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., 74, is set to enter a guilty plea to 13 murders and kidnapping charges from as many rapes in a yet-to-be determined...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement One day after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced extraordinary measures directing all Californians to stay at home amid the coronavirus outbreak, Los Angeles County confirmed 61 new coronavirus cases, including 12 people in Long Beach and two in Pasadena. The new cases bring the county’s total to 292 amid the growing outbreak. The median age for the total of those who have been infected is 47, county Public Health Department Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said. There are 138 people between the ages of 18 and 65 who have tested positive.“The...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement One day after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced extraordinary measures directing all Californians to stay at home amid the coronavirus outbreak, Los Angeles County confirmed 61 new coronavirus cases, including 12 people in Long Beach and two in Pasadena. The new cases bring the county’s total to 292 amid the growing outbreak. The median age for the total of those who have been infected is 47, county Public Health Department Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said. There are 138 people between the ages of 18 and 65 who have tested positive.“The...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement As the pandemic continues to shutter businesses, close schools and upend lives in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has become a target of angry frustration for some, driving a grassroots effort to recall him from office. What once started as a pipe dream i for the Democratic governor.But a Times investigation found that recall campaign leaders, seeking to capitalize on the darkening public mood, allied with radical and extreme elements early on to help collect signatures. Those included groups promoting distrust of government, science...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement As the pandemic continues to shutter businesses, close schools and upend lives in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has become a target of angry frustration for some, driving a grassroots effort to recall him from office. What once started as a pipe dream i for the Democratic governor.But a Times investigation found that recall campaign leaders, seeking to capitalize on the darkening public mood, allied with radical and extreme elements early on to help collect signatures. Those included groups promoting distrust of government, science...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Federal judges on Friday that could free more prisoners early, ruling the state had failed to fully implement an order last February intended to reduce unconstitutional crowding.The judges, for a second time, ordered that all nonviolent second-strike offenders be eligible for parole after serving half their sentence. They told corrections officials to submit new plans for that parole process by Dec. 1, and to implement them beginning January.“The record contains no evidence that defendants cannot implement the required parole process...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Federal judges on Friday that could free more prisoners early, ruling the state had failed to fully implement an order last February intended to reduce unconstitutional crowding.The judges, for a second time, ordered that all nonviolent second-strike offenders be eligible for parole after serving half their sentence. They told corrections officials to submit new plans for that parole process by Dec. 1, and to implement them beginning January.“The record contains no evidence that defendants cannot implement the required parole process...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement VIDEO | 00:55 Record-breaking wildfires rage across CaliforniaWildfires of historic magnitude have led to daring escapes and wrenching devastation. The death toll from a massive fire that swept through the mountain communities of Butte, Plumas and Yuba counties has risen to 10, and 16 people remain missing, fire officials said Thursday evening. The North Complex fire mushroomed in size this week, scorching a total of more than 252,000 acres and forcing some 20,000 residents in Plumas, Butte and Yuba counties from their homes....…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement VIDEO | 00:55 Record-breaking wildfires rage across CaliforniaWildfires of historic magnitude have led to daring escapes and wrenching devastation. The death toll from a massive fire that swept through the mountain communities of Butte, Plumas and Yuba counties has risen to 10, and 16 people remain missing, fire officials said Thursday evening. The North Complex fire mushroomed in size this week, scorching a total of more than 252,000 acres and forcing some 20,000 residents in Plumas, Butte and Yuba counties from their homes....WW…