Articles by Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Health

People held in ‘decrepit’ California ICE facility sue over ‘inhumane’ conditions

Lawsuit against US government alleges ‘life-threatening’ medical neglect and says residents frequently go hungry

Nov 13, 2025

World

Disturbing dash-cam footage shows LA police fatally striking skateboarder

Gerardo ‘Jerry’ Estrada, 30, was hit head-on by weaving car with sirens on that had drifted from correct side of street

Nov 5, 2025

Revealed: police across US spread false rumors about Venezuelan gang threats

Claim that Tren de Aragua planned to attack officers was widely shared – only for FBI to later acknowledge it was mistaken, internal files show

Oct 23, 2025

Billionaire Marc Benioff apologizes for saying troops should be deployed to San Francisco

Salesforce CEO faced intensifying backlash after saying national guard will make California city safer

Oct 17, 2025

San Francisco opposes ‘authoritarian crackdown’ as Trump threatens to send troops

President pushes hyperbolic claims of out-of-control crime as city leaders say no need for ‘Trump’s personal army’

Oct 16, 2025

Miss Major, trailblazing US trans rights activist and Stonewall veteran, dies aged 78

Longtime organizer and founder of House of gg earned reputation as champion for liberation of Black trans women

Oct 14, 2025

Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement

Data shows a stunning shift in law enforcement priorities that has raised public safety concerns

Oct 9, 2025

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say

Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth

Oct 6, 2025