Cory Minderhout

1 week ago | spectrumnews1.com | Renee Eng |Cory Minderhout

LOS ANGELES — For over 20 years, Jessica Plitt worked to ensure students had equal access to education by enforcing federal civil rights laws, but all of that came to an abrupt halt in March. “All 48 of us are gone, and there [are] only these 18 or 15 people in Seattle trying to cover everyone’s cases,” said Plitt, who worked in a regional San Francisco office of the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights until it was closed by the Trump administration in March.

1 month ago | spectrumnews1.com | Renee Eng |Cory Minderhout

LOS ANGELES — Diane Swick has lived in Juniper Hills for over 20 years and said she’s always felt safe in the rural community pushed up against the northern slope of the San Gabriel Mountains, accessible mostly by dirt roads. “It is pretty hidden, and that’s the best part about it,” Swick said.

Mar 20, 2025 | spectrumnews1.com | Renee Eng |Cory Minderhout

LOS ANGELES — The Antelope Valley’s vast desert landscape — where quail, rattlesnakes and mule deer thrive among poppy blooms and Joshua Trees — has always attracted residents like Jackie Livingstone.

Dec 13, 2024 | spectrumnews1.com | Cory Minderhout |Renee Eng

Law enforcement officers in Ventura County are cracking down on retail theft during the busy holiday shopping season. In a recent sweep that Spectrum News got an exclusive look at, officers arrested 37 people and recovered almost $2,000 in stolen property. It’s one of several operations that have occurred over the past few months. These efforts come as the enforcement of Proposition 36 will begin on Dec. 18. The law increases penalties for several theft and drug crimes.

Dec 5, 2024 | spectrumnews1.com | Cory Minderhout |Catalina Villegas

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — If good fences make good neighbors, William Flores could use more fence. “Squatters have been coming in, trespassers have been using our property to jump to the property next door, and they pretty much have been taking over,” said Flores as he pointed toward a vacant house next to the South Los Angeles apartment, where he’s lived for the past two years.