Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Gang injunctions are not intended to last for perpetuity," said Orange County Dist. Atty. Todd Spitzer. "They are designed and ...

Peter Arellano’s life changed when a Los Angeles Police Department officer handed him a piece of paper informing him that he was now subject to a “gang injunction.” He could no longer visit his ...

It’s not always easy to strike the right balance between protecting law-abiding citizens from street crime and respecting the civil liberties of criminal suspects. Two decades ago, prosecutors ...

The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is seeking to dissolve all existing gang injunctions covering neighborhoods in more than a half-dozen local cities, a move celebrated by civil rights ...

Mike Feuer replaced LA City Attorney Carmen Trutanich in this year's election, but he's come down on the side of the new anti-gang injunction Trutanich wanted in Echo Park and parts of Silver Lake. A ...

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ORANGE COUNTY DIST. ATTY. Todd Spitzer reversed course from his predecessor by adding four deputies connected to a jail informant scandal to a list of problem officers whose records must be disclosed ...

Orange County’s top prosecutor moved to dismiss all active gang injunctions Tuesday, making it the latest California jurisdiction to move away from the controversial court orders in recent years. Dist ...