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Kate Mather

Student's 5-day ordeal in DEA jail sparks outrage, anger

Last updated Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 5:23pm

SAN DIEGO -- Elected officials are demanding answers after Daniel Chong, a 23-year-old UC San Diego student, was left unattended for five days in a Drug Enforcement Administration detention cell.

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4 Unabomber victims will get $225,000 in auction proceeds

Kate Mather Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, August 8, 2011 - 3:17pm

SACRAMENTO -- Checks totaling more than $225,000 raised from an auction of items belonging to the Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski, will be distributed among four of the serial bomber's victims, a federal judge has ordered.

U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell ordered the disbursement of $225,735.56 in a document filed last Tuesday in Sacramento, Calif.

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3 hikers swept over Yosemite waterfall, presumed dead

Kate Mather Los Angeles Times, McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 9:11am

LOS ANGELES -- Three hikers who fell over a popular Yosemite waterfall are presumed dead, park officials said late Wednesday morning.

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Judge rejects government's effort to seize motorcycle gang's insignia

Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 5:36pm

LOS ANGELES -- The Mongols motorcycle gang will be allowed to keep its name and trademark logo after a federal court judge rejected the government's attempts to seize control of their use.

In an eight-page ruling made public Thursday, U.S. District Judge Otis Wright vacated a preliminary order of forfeiture against the notorious gang. Prosecutors had tried to take over the rights to the Mongols name and logo -- a ponytailed man riding a chopper -- and prevent members from using, distributing or wearing both, arguing that the insignia were very closely associated with the gang and by removing access, the Mongols would be prevented from operating.

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Prosecutors seek order blocking Mongols motorcycle gang from using its name, logo

Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 10:51am

LOS ANGELES -- Federal prosecutors Monday requested a final judicial order to block the Mongols motorcycle gang from using its name and wearing or distributing its trademarked logo.

If U.S. District Judge Otis Wright signs the order, the government will own the logo and club's name. This is the first time the U.S. government has sought control of a gang's identity through a court order, an effort three years in the making.

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Students ordered to return yearbooks because of racy photo

Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, June 17, 2011 - 8:55am

LOS ANGELES -- Memories might last a lifetime, but officials at one high school want to make sure some don't.

Students at Big Bear High School have been ordered to return their 2011 yearbooks after a photograph depicting a male student with his hand underneath a female student's clothing at a school dance somehow managed to be published, officials said Thursday.

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