Alene Tchekmedyian

For at least three years, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department secretly investigated — and ultimately urged the state attorney general to

LOS ANGELES — For at least three years, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department secretly investigated — and ultimately urged the state attorney general to prosecute — a Los Angeles

Judge in case against D.A. advisor Diana Teran tossed out two charges Tuesday and moved six other charges forward to trial

To report this story, The Times filed public records requests to all 50 states for dog export records, the 58 counties in California for dog import

Every year, thousands of dogs are shipped into California from other states.

A Times investigation has found that truckloads of expensive dogs from profit-driven mass breeders pour into the state from the Midwest, feeding an underground market where they are resold by people claiming to be small, local home breeders.

A Los Angeles Times investigation found a pipeline of puppies from Midwest breeders that are sold in California as locally bred.

Following a Times investigation, California stopped destroying records that contain key details about the state's underground puppy market.

California vowed to shut down colonies where hundreds of captive dogs supply blood for veterinary care. But blood from the closed colonies is still crucial for saving lives.

The investigation of Lt. Garrido led to criminal accusations against a captain.