News Releases & Advisories

November 12, 2026: District Attorney Hochman Backs Legal Challenge Against Governor’s Blanket Commutation of 548 Death Row Sentences

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman today announced his office’s full support for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation (CJLF) in its legal challenge opposing Governor Gavin Newsom’s blanket commutation of all 548 California death row sentences to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. 

November 12, 2026: Eight Charged With Fraudulently Obtaining $177K in CalFresh and CalWORKs Benefits Intended for Low-Income Angelenos

LOS ANGELES – Eight people, including an LA Metro and California EDD employee, have been charged in six separate felony cases with fraudulently obtaining over $177,000 in public benefits from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) after allegedly concealing tens of thousands of dollars in assets and/or income, including a million-dollar rental home, a profitable bakery and an investment account with a $1 million balance.

November 10, 2026: Online Clothing Reseller Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Furnishing Drugs, Labor Trafficking Los Angeles County Middle Schooler

LOS ANGELES – Brandon Holguin, 27, was sentenced to five years in state prison for human labor trafficking a then-14-year-old La Crescenta middle schooler. He furnished the victim with Adderall so he could illegally work late into the night preparing hundreds of clothing items for Holguin's online resale business, then abandoned him three days later on a Los Angeles freeway.

November 6, 2026: Charges Filed Against Two Men in Gang-Motivated Murder in South Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Two men have been charged in connection with the murder of a rival gang member in a gang-motivated murder in August in South Los Angeles. Kody Townsend, a Rollin' 100s Neighborhood Crip, is charged with using an AR-style assault rifle to shoot and kill reformed rival gang member Reginald Foreman, a Rollin' 111s Crip.

November 2, 2026: Boyfriend Charged With 2025 Murder of 38-Year-Old Woman

LOS ANGELES – A 41-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman were charged today in connection with the murder of a woman who disappeared last September and has never been found.