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CORRECTS TO CULVER CITY, INSTEAD OF LOS ANGELES An employees stands at the entrance to a guns shop Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Culver City, Calif. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he would like to see gun shops shut down. &quot;We will be closing them, they are not an essential function,&quot; Villanueva said. Adding guns to households where more people are at home during a crisis increases the risk that someone will be shot, he said. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Deja vu: LA County sheriff closes gun shops again

By STEFANIE DAZIO and DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Los Angeles Sheriff Sheriff Alex Villanueva expresses his condolences for the victims of the shooting at Saugus High School at a news conference at the station Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Alex Villanueva, Los Angeles County sheriff, orders gun shops to close

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LA County sheriff says 8 deputies took Bryant crash photos

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Smoke rises from the charred remains of a helicopter on the side of a hill in Calabasas, Calif. where NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant was killed on Sunday Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Deputies ordered to delete Kobe Bryant crash photos

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This undated photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office shows Detective Amber Leist. Leist, 41, was off duty when she was struck and killed by a car after she helped an elderly woman cross a street in Los Angeles Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, authorities said. She died at a hospital, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said. Leist, a 12-year veteran of the department, was assigned to the West Hollywood station. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Off-duty detective struck by car, killed after helping woman

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Correction: California High School Shooting story

By STEFANIE DAZIO - Associated Press

Hannah Schooping-Gutierrez, center, a student at Saugus High School, is comforted by her boyfriend Declan Sheridan, at right, a student at nearby Valencia High School during a vigil at Central Park in the aftermath of a shooting at Saugus Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, in Santa Clarita, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

California school shooter dies with motive a mystery

By STEFANIE DAZIO and JOHN ANTCZAK - Associated Press

This Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019 file image taken from video provided by KABC-TV shows a sheriff's department helicopter with a sniper in an open door searching for a gunman at large in Lancaster, Calif. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says a deputy who claimed he was shot in a station parking lot earlier this week was lying. Assistant Sheriff Robin Limon said at a news conference late Saturday that Wednesday's &quot;reported sniper assault was fabricated&quot; by Angel Reinosa. The 21-year-old deputy told authorities he used a knife to damage his uniform shirt. He's been relieved of duties and will face a criminal investigation. He didn't explain his motive. (KABC-TV via AP, File)

Alex Reinosa, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy, fired over sniper shooting hoax

By Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

Judge overturns LA sheriff’s decision to rehire deputy

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LA sheriff says he will remove immigration agents from jail

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Alex Villanueva sworn in as Los Angeles County sheriff

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FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2018, file photo, retired Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Alex Villanueva holds a news conference as he leads in votes against Sheriff Jim McDonnell, at Crossfit Resolute in Whittier, Calif., where he is part owner. Villanueva has won the race for Los Angeles County sheriff, making Jim McDonnell the first incumbent to lose the seat in more than a century. City News Service said updated election results Monday, Nov. 27, 2018 showed Villanueva leading by more than 125,000 votes, with only 100,000 ballots left to be counted. McDonnell promised an orderly transition of power in a statement released Monday. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

Villanueva ousts incumbent in race for Los Angeles sheriff

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DUI suspected after pilot lands in California parking lot

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press