A quarter-century later, in 1958, the retiring Biscailuz virtually bestowed the sheriff’s job on a deputy, Peter Pitchess. And Pitchess, contemplating retirement in 1982, endorsed one of his ...

Shame on me. During the first 68 years I lived in Los Angeles County, there were exactly four sheriff: Eugene Biscailuz, Peter Pitchess, Sherman Block and Lee Baca. In a silent protest against ...

Music legend Frank Sinatra had tawdry ties to Los Angeles County Sheriff Peter Pitchess and mob lawyer Sidney Korshak that doomed any homicide investigation into the death of Natalie Wood before ...

You only knew it would be big. It could be a news conference by then-Sheriff Peter Pitchess railing about his budget to the Board of Supervisors as he leaned against a saddle he kept in his office.

Shame on me. During the first 68 years I lived in Los Angeles County, there were exactly four sheriff: Eugene Biscailuz, Peter Pitchess, Sherman Block and Lee Baca. In a silent protest against the ...