Probation

When asked how he pleaded to the murder of his 11-year-old daughter, Ashley, the father - his once full cheeks sunken and his skin now a pasty white against the dark green of the suicide prevention frock - was silent for a few seconds, his eyes wandering blankly as if in a daze. He then croaked something barely audible. An interpreter repeated it loud and clear: "Guilty. " As he admitted also murdering his 10-year-old son, Alexander, Dae Kwon Yun dropped his head to his chest.

The filmmaker behind "Innocence of Muslims," the anti-Islam film that sparked rioting across the globe, was sentenced Wednesday to a year behind bars after he admitted to violating the terms of his release from an earlier conviction. Mark Basseley Youssef admitted to four violations, including lying to his probation officer and using bogus names. In exchange, prosecutors dropped four other counts, which included allegations that Youssef lied to federal authorities in telling them his role in the film's production was limited to writing the script.

A former Fullerton police officer has been sentenced to probation for destroying an audio recorder that captured his interactions with a drunk-driving suspect who later killed himself in the city jail. Vincent Thomas Mater, 42, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of destruction of property and vandalism and was sentenced Thursday to three years of informal probation and 60 days of community service under a plea bargain offered by Orange County Superior Court Judge Frances Munoz.

Trying to ensure that an embattled blufftop estate becomes an art museum, Santa Barbara civic leaders have waded into a conflict over which of a reclusive heiress' two wills should be considered valid. At issue is the fate of Bellosguardo, the 23-acre estate owned by Huguette Clark, who died last year at 104. A group that includes Mayor Helene Schneider, former Mayor Sheila Lodge and a number of arts leaders and philanthropists urged the public Wednesday to register support for turning the property into a museum by signing on to their website, friendsofbellosguardo.org.

The U.S. Department of Justice will continue for at least another year to oversee reforms at Los Angeles County's 14 juvenile probation camps, under an agreement announced Thursday. In 2008, the county's Probation Department accepted federal monitoring after being threatened with a takeover unless it did more to prevent youth suicides, stop employees from harming juvenile delinquents and improve rehabilitative services. The oversight was set to expire this month. The Probation Department was required to fulfill 41 reforms in its juvenile justice system, including improving staffing levels, decreasing violence and reducing the number of use-of-force incidents.

Five things to watch this week in college football. 1: Off to its best start since 2002, Notre Dame (7-0) heads to Oklahoma in search of a signature victory that can keep the Fighting Irish in national title contention. Notre Dame has dominated Oklahoma historically, losing only once in nine meetings. The one-loss Sooners appear to have recovered from their home loss to Kansas State. 2: Texas Tech (6-1) at Kansas State (7-0) probably was not a game anyone had circled on the calendar in the preseason, yet it has blossomed into one of the better games on Oct. 27. Texas Tech's only loss was in Lubbock to Oklahoma, and Kansas State firmly positioned itself in the national title race with Saturday's dominating win at West Virginia.

With a key LAPD investigator under fire for working on a movie about the so-called Bling Ring that targeted celebrity homes, one person pleaded no contest Friday to a single burglary charge for breaking into Lindsay Lohan's home. Diana Tamayo, 21, received three years' probation plus time served in the county jail and 60 days community service with the California Department of Transportation. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors agreed to dismiss charges of conspiracy and receiving stolen property.

The teenaged Chicago rapper Chief Keef might join Travis Morrison in the pantheon of musicians whose careers Pitchfork has singlehandedly derailed, according to Chicago-area prosecutors Wednesday. Chief Keef's young career has already been marred with violence and gun crimes . He filmed the no-budget video for his hit single " I Don't Like " while on house arrest after pointing a gun at a police officer, and was roundly criticized for seeming to mock the killing of a fellow Chicago rapper and alleged gang rival Lil Jojo (one of many killings in a wave of violence to hit Chicago this year)

After jurors watched a video Friday showing a muzzled German Shepherd being beaten to death with a hammer, the Pasadena man on trial for that crime quickly pleaded no contest to felony animal cruelty and misdemeanor petty theft. Young Song, 42, was immediately sentenced in Pasadena by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Darrell Mavis to a year in jail and three years of formal probation. Song, who was also banned from possessing any animals for 10 years, could have faced more than four years in prison.