Growing up in Northeast Los Angeles, Juan Jose Diaz

developed a passion about a couple of Los Angeles institu-

tions: He loved the Dodgers and ate cereal from a plastic

team helmet. At 5 years old, he talked about someday

wearing the uniform of a Los Angeles police officer.

Two years ago, Diaz joined the Los Angeles Police De-

partment and worked his way into the Special Operations

Division, a unit known for advanced surveillance tech-

niques and investigations into department personnel.

But his childhood dream was short-lived: The young of-

ficer was shot and killed while off duty last month near a

taco stand in Lincoln Heights, not far from the neighbor-

hood where he grew up.

On Monday, several thousand mourners said their final

goodbyes to Diaz during a funeral at the Cathedral of Our

Lady of the Angels in downtown that drew state and local

officials, including Mayor Eric Garcetti, state Atty. Gen.

Xavier Becerra, Sheriff Alex Villanueva, dozens of family

and friends and law enforcement personnel from across

the state and country who gathered to honor the 24-year-

old officer.

“To all of us, it’s a profound day of loss and sorrow,”

LAPD Chief Michel Moore told the crowd, calling Diaz a

young man full of life and possibilities. “The men and wom-

en of the Los Angeles Police Department will never forget

him.”

In the early hours of July 27, Diaz was out grabbing a

bite with his girlfriend and her two brothers when he spot-

ted someone tagging a wall and told the person to stop,

spurring a confrontation.

Agroup of young men ap-

THE COFFIN holding the body of Officer Juan Jose Diaz, killed July 27, is covered with an American flag.

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Officer who dreamed of

joining LAPD honored

Thousands attend services for Juan Diaz on ‘profound day of loss’

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California’s greenhouse
gas emissions declined by
about 1% in 2017, with a con-
tinued shift toward renew-
able electricity keeping the
state ahead of schedule in
meeting its 2020 climate tar-
get, according to a report re-
leased Monday by air quality
regulators.
The state Air Resources
Board inventory found 2017
was the first year since the
state began tracking planet-
warming emissions that
electricity generated from
solar, wind, hydroelectric
and other renewable
sources surpassed what was
generated by fossil fuels.
Clean power provided 52% of
the electricity California
used in 2017, according to the
report.
The gains came so heavi-
ly from electricity, environ-
mental policy experts say,
that the sector is making up
for more lackluster areas of

Climate

report

is mixed

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SACRAMENTO — Cali-

fornia Assemblyman Phil

Ting has never been ar-

rested, but he was recently

mistaken for a criminal.

He’s not surprised.

Ting (D-San Francisco),

who authored a bill to ban fa-

cial recognition software

from being used on police

body cameras, was one of 26

California legislators who

was incorrectly matched

with a mug shot in a recent

test of a common face-scan-

ning program by the Ameri-

can Civil Liberties Union.

About 1 in 5 legislators

was erroneously matched to

a person who had been ar-

rested when the ACLU used

the software to screen the

lawmakers’ pictures against

a database of 25,000 publicly

available booking photos.

Last year, in a similar ex-

periment done with photos

of members of Congress, the

software erroneously

matched 28 federal

legislatorswith mug shots.

The results highlight

what Ting and others said is

proof that facial recognition

software is unreliable. They

want California law enforce-

ment banned from using it

with the cameras they wear

while on duty.

“The software clearly is

not ready for use in a law en-

forcement capacity,” Ting

said. “These mistakes, we

can kind of chuckle at it, but

if you get arrested and it’s on

your record, it can be hard to

get housing, get a job. It has

real impacts.”

Ting’s proposal, Assem-

bly Bill 1215, could soon be on

the governor’s desk if it

passes the Senate. It is spon-

sored by the ACLU, and the

civil rights organization

hopes its recent test will

grab attention and persuade

legislators to put the tech-

nology on hold.

There is little current fed-

eral regulation of facial rec-

ognition technology. Re-

cently, members on both

sides of the aisle in Congress

held oversight hearings and

there has been a strong push

by privacy advocates for fed-

eral action. But concrete

measures have yet to materi-

alize.

That has left states and

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crooks, ACLU says

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Software used to

match pictures against

a criminal database

was wrong 1 in 5 times.

By Anita Chabria

The billionaire real estate

developer whose support for

President Trump sparked

calls for a consumer boycott

is also behind one of the

flashiest redevelopment

projects coming to down-

town Los Angeles.

Protesters in West Holly-

wood and elsewhere called

last week for customers to

cancel their memberships

with luxury gym Equinox

and SoulCycle studios after

learning that Stephen M.

Ross,chairman and founder

of the Related Cos., was

planning a Trump fundrais-

er at his home. Ross has a

minority stake in Equinox

and SoulCycle, said Related

spokesman Glenn Gritzner.

In L.A., Related has a ma-

jor projectunder construc-

tion called the Grand, which

is expected to house a 20-

story Equinox Hotel. That

development, which will also

include a 39-story residen-

THE DEVELOPERof the downtown Grand Avenue project, depicted above in a

rendering, has sparked boycotts of the luxury gym Equinox and SoulCycle studios.

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Pro-Trump developer is a

key figure in L.A. project

By David Zahniser

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A California Highway Pa-

trol officer was killed and

two other officers were

wounded in a wild shootout

Monday evening off the 215

Freeway in Riverside that

also left the gunman dead

and motorists dodging bul-

lets.

Officer Andre Moye, 34,

was killed, and a second offi-

cer was in critical condition

Monday night after the

shooting, which also left a

third CHP officer with minor

injuries. Authorities said

two civilians are thought to

have suffered minor injuries.

The suspect, who has not

been identified, died at the

scene.

Moye was a CHP officer

for almost three years and

was assigned to the Riv-

erside office after graduat-

ing from the CHP Academy

on March 3, 2017.

“I am devastated by the

tragedy that unfolded earli-

er in Riverside,” CHP Com-

missioner Warren Stanley

said in a tweet. “Tonight, I

mourn the loss of one of our

own, CHP Officer Andre

Moye, who was killed during

a shootout following a traffic

stop. Prayers go out to all, in-

cluding the responding offi-

cers injured in the shooting.”

The incident is thought

to have started after a traffic

stop.

About 5:35 p.m., Moye

stopped the driver of a white

GMC pickup for an un-

known offense. At some

point during the traffic stop,

Moye determined that he

was going to impound the

man’s vehicle and called for a

tow truck , CHP Inland Divi-

sion Assistant Chief Scott

Parker said at a news confer-

ence Monday night.

While Moye was filling

out paperwork, the man got

arifle from his truck and

started firing at the officer,

Parker said.

Moye returned fire, and

even though he was hit, he

was able to radio for help.

Three other CHP officers

soon arrived, followed by

three deputies from the Riv-

erside County Sheriff ’s De-

partment and at least one

officer from the Riverside

Police Department, author-

ities said.

Dozens of rounds were

fired at the scene, according

to law enforcement. The

type of rifle that the suspect

used has not been released.

“It was a long and horrific

gun battle, and resulted in a

very extensive crime scene,”

Riverside Police Chief Ser-

gio Diaz said at the news

conference Monday night.

It is unknown whose gun-

fire killed the suspect.

Several sources said the

suspect was still up and

shooting when sheriff ’s dep-

uties and a Riverside police

officer arrived.

Authorities said they did

not know where the suspect

was going when he was

stopped, or why he started

shooting at Moye.

“We don’t know why,”

Riverside police spokesman

Ryan Railsback said. “That

is all going to be part of this

lengthy investigation.”

“Please say some prayers

for the CHP officers in-

volved,” wrote state Assem-

blywoman Melissa Melen-

dez (R-Lake Elsinore) on

Twitter.

Jennifer Moctezuma, 31,

of Moreno Valley was driving

home with her 6-year-old

twins when a bullet flew

through her windshield.

Retired Marine Charles

Childress, 56, also of Moreno

Valley, was in the car behind

them when he heard gunfire

and saw that Moctezuma’s

windshield had been shot.

Childress led Moctezuma

and her two children as they

crawled down to the bottom

of the bridge away from the

gunfire.

The freeway was closed

and authorities cautioned

morning commuters that

the freeway could remain

closed in the morning.

Shootout

leaves CHP

officer dead

By Jaclyn Cosgrove,

Paloma Esquivel

and Richard Winton