The Current Report

On October 1, 2026, three years after Sheriff Robert Luna promised to pursue the “maximum punishment available under the law” for the murder of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, Judge Ronald S. Coen sentenced his killer to life without the possibility of parole — and reportedly made it clear from the bench that even that punishment was inadequate for the calculated ambush murder of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy.

New campaign filings reveal the Weingart Center Association itself contributed to a political action committee chaired by its own CEO — a PAC that spent money supporting Los Angeles politicians. Meanwhile, City Hall continued directing millions of taxpayer dollars to Weingart through sole-source and no-bid arrangements.

Seven days after investigative journalist William B. Scott published an investigation into recurring $400 million and $1.7 billion financial claims involving Russian and American energy interests, federal agents raided StarClub, arrested its founder and seized servers containing approximately 50 emails tracking the same financial pattern. When federal agents raided StarClub on August 2, 2017, they did more than arrest founder and CEO Bernhard Fritsch.

For nearly a year, Amir Rahnavardi says he recorded his interactions inside his own home for one reason: he believed he needed evidence to protect himself. He says the recording was not covert. Signs were posted throughout the house. Rahnavardi says his then-wife, Rebekah, knew he was recording.

Cece Woods is an independent investigative journalist and Editor-in-Chief of The Current Report, specializing in public corruption, institutional accountability, and high-profile criminal and civil cases. She has contributed reporting and commentary to The Epoch Times on public safety, law enforcement, and government oversight.

Despite Sheriff Robert Luna’s repeated public condemnation of deputy gangs, station cliques and the tattoos associated with them, another reported tattooed member of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department station subgroup has been elevated to the rank of captain, this time at the very station associated with the tattoo he is reported to carry. Omar Camacho now serves as Acting Captain of LASD’s Norwalk Station, an assignment confirmed by official department records.

From the Editor: In public safety and military reporting, line-of-duty deaths from gunfire, ambushes, and tactical crashes rightfully receive solemn honors. We build monuments to these sacrifices, etch names into black granite, drape caskets in pristine flags, and broadcast solemn motorcades across the evening news.

The case against Commander Thomas Giandomenico ended without charges. The far more troubling question is how an unverified allegation was used to justify search warrants and a sweeping intrusion into his electronic devices in the first place. Three Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies were killed in a catastrophic explosion at the Biscailuz Training Center on July 18, 2025. Detectives Joshua Ecklund, Victor Lemus and William Osborn went to work that morning and never came home.

Hypocrisy in public life lasts only as long as the silence of those who witness it. Entrenched figures count on loud, performative theater to intimidate targets and distract their own compromised records. If Jamie McBride had ever truly served as a leader, he would know active sworn members cannot simply air personal grievances through public rants and social media.

The federal investigation surrounding the missing grenade from the July 18, 2025 explosion that killed three Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detectives has moved deeper into LASD’s executive ranks. Multiple sources tell The Current Report that an LASD executive was interviewed by federal investigators on Monday regarding the circumstances surrounding the missing second grenade and events that unfolded after the fatal explosion at the Biscailuz Training Center.