L.A. sheriff abruptly removes second-in-command Ray Leyva, promotes Tim Murakami to undersheriff
(LA Times Kings)

A longtime Los Angeles County sheriff´s official who came back from retirement to serve as Sheriff Alex Villanueva´s second-in-command - and was seen as a steadying hand in a fledgling administration that has already grappled with controversies - is leaving a little more than three months into...