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MEXICO CITY — Authorities in Mexico said Tuesday they have arrested an anesthesiologist they blame for an outbreak of meningitis that has killed 35 patients and sickened 79. The doctor, whose name was withheld, apparently carried his own morphine from one private hospital to another, spreading a fungal infection that contaminated the medication at the first clinic, authorities said. Some …

MEXICO CITY — Diana Kennedy, a tart-tongued British food writer devoted to Mexican cuisine, died Sunday. Her long-time friend Concepción Guadalupe Garza Rodríguez said that Kennedy died peacefully shortly before dawn Sunday at her home in Zitacuaro, about 100 miles west of Mexico City. Mexico’s Culture Ministry said via Twitter Sunday that Kennedy’s “life was dedicated to discovering, compiling and …

Uvalde school where shooting happened has deep roots in city

UVALDE, Texas — As the small Texas city of Uvalde struggles to heal after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school, thoughts have also turned to ensuring its legacy as the centerpiece of the fight for equal education for Mexican Americans over half a century ago lives on. In 1970, there was a six-week student …

School police chief a no-show at Uvalde City Council meeting

UVALDE, Texas — The school district police chief criticized for waiting too long before law enforcement confronted and killed the gunman during a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school did not appear at a City Council meeting in Uvalde on Tuesday, despite being newly elected to the panel. Mayor Don McLaughlin said he was unable to explain why the …

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A city-commissioned report found former deputy chief of staff Rick Jacobs, shown in 2016, didn’t inappropriately touch or make lewd comments to a LAPD officer suing the city. In her 310-page report, investigator Leslie Ellis concluded that LAPD Officer Matthew Garza wasn’t subjected to inappropriate behavior by Garcetti advisor Rick Jacobs in Los Angeles or during out-of-state trips. Garza had …

Garcetti’s office gave confidential city-ordered report on harassment investigation to Senate panel

The office of Mayor Eric Garcetti, shown in 2020, gave a nonpublic city report to members of a Senate panel reviewing his nomination to be ambassador to India. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office gave a nonpublic, city-ordered report into allegations of sexual harassment in his office to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a spokesman for Garcetti confirmed Thursday. The …

AUSTIN, Texas — Jose Garza ran for district attorney in Austin on promises to hold police accountable in Texas’ capital city. Garza said the indictments were not politically driven and that “our community is safer when our community trusts law enforcement.” Community activists who have long criticized the city’s handling of the protests, which included officers firing beanbag rounds into …

Top Garcetti aide posted sexual innuendo, disparaging messages about city employees

Ana Guerrero, Mayor Eric Garcetti’s chief of staff, said she regrets “engaging in this type of humor.” Above, City Hall. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s top aide posted sexual innuendo and disparaging comments about city employees and politicians on a private Facebook group that included other mayoral staff and supporters, according to posts reviewed by The Times. On the Facebook …

Rick Jacobs, center, shown in 2016, was named in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles police officer against the city of L.A. A Los Angeles police officer who served as a bodyguard for Mayor Eric Garcetti for seven years has sued the city, alleging that he was sexually harassed repeatedly by one of the mayor’s top advisors …

California city tests buzzy campaign idea for income