Police investigate three separate Westside home robberies
The incidents are unrelated, police say, but all involved confrontations with people in the homes.
Police are investigating three separate home invasion robberies on the...
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Teen guilty of first-degree murder of police officer
Penifoti Taeotui, 18, was convicted Monday in the shooting death of Oceanside Police Officer Dan Bessant, which prosecutors argued was gang-related.
A teenager was found guilty...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Investigators and family members are calling for help in the search of a hit-and-run driver who killed a pedestrian. The deadly incident happened in the 10600 block of Hoover Drive near 107th Street in South Los Angeles.
The victim...
WATTS -- Los Angeles police have surrounded a home in Watts in search of a gunman who shot an officer in the arm during a welfare check.
It happened near Lou Dillon Avenue and 107th Street just before 2:30 a.m. Friday. Officers went to the house to...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Violent crime in Los Angeles is down 5.2 percent compared to this time last year, police Chief William Bratton said today. Overall crime is down 3.9 percent compared to this time last year, the chief told the five-member Police Commission at...
Hello everyone I was hoping I could get some help with promoting our stem cell drive for one of my friends and coworker, Officer Steve Kroesen. Steve was diagnosed with an advanced stage of Hodgkin's Lymphoma and is in need of a stem cell transplant. There is...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A fight over the city controller's ability to determine the effectiveness of programs overseen by elected officials could end up in a courtroom if a proposed charter amendment doesn't clarify the issue, City Controller Laura Chick said today...
Five California governors came together Thursday in rare bipartisan opposition to a ballot initiative they fear would harm public safety by easing punishment for drug offenders.
Proposition 5 would divert tens of thousands of drug offenders annually from...
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks against Proposition 5 outside the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles. He was...
The LAPPL participated in a news conference with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger who today formally opposed Proposition 5 on this November...
The Manner and the Message of Villaraigosa's $2.3 Million War Chest
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - It is impossible these days to escape talk of the financial crisis. With downward-angling graphs the new national art obsession and Treasury...
The Los Angeles Police Protective League is all over this November's ballot, taking on a third issue before voters.
It already has come out against Proposition 5, the measure expanding drug diversion programs, and on behalf of state Sen Mark Ridley-...
I caught up with Rick Caruso tonight at The Grove - not by accident - and asked if he intends to go for it and challenge Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's reelection...
Chief Bratton's Terror Alert
Beware of possible Al Qaeda attack just before theelection
Police Chief William Bratton added fuel to speculation he's aiming for head of Homeland Security or the FBI if Barack Obama...
Local of 20 years has worked with various city groups, which earned him an award last week.
GLENDALE - Longtime resident Kenneth Esteves' duties extend beyond the city limits. He volunteers as the president of the William H. Parker Los Angeles Police...
ICA flexes muscles on uncollected bills: L.A. council motion urges 'sheriff' for unpaid bills.
BY MARK R. MADLER, Staff Reporter When members of the Valley Industry & Commerce Association met with Los Angeles officials on how they...
WOODLAND HILLS - Pledging to continue his efforts to help business even in the perilous economic times, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday warned business leaders the city is in for continued hard times.
Villaraigosa, speaking to about 500 members of...
The California Judges Association, which almost never takes a position on state propositions, has put out the media release below:
The California Judges Association has taken the extraordinarily rare action of stating a formal position on a statewide...
30 arrested in sweep targeting South L.A. gang members LAPD, federal agents crack down on alleged drug dealing and illegal weapons possession that they say fuel gang crime.
A sweep by the Los Angeles Police Department and federal agents...
Defending significant changes in how it punishes officers, LAPD officials told the civilian Police Commission on Tuesday that a disciplinary system that gives supervisors greater discretion will better hold cops accountable for misconduct.
The system,...
Normally, judges take no positions on propositions. However, when ballot measures directly affect the administration of justice, judges can and do voice their opinions. That is the case with Proposition 5.
Proposition 5, which is on the November ballot,...
Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Dianne Feinstein today officially announced her formal opposition to Proposition 5. The Senator issued the following statement:
"Not only would Prop 5 reduce accountability, it could allow gang-members and other...
A single voice pushes for safety in South L.A. Tired of violence in her neighborhood, Marsha Bolden creates fliers and a video to raise awareness. But her call for change goes largely unheard.
In the din of a million voices clamoring...
Promises, promises. Proposition 5 promises to rehabilitate substance-abusing criminals and save money by keeping non-violent offenders out of jail or prison. But this very complex initiative would let drug dealers, drunken drivers, child abusers, burglars,...
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Proposition 5 Threatens Public Safety, California's Consumers and Businesses
Sacramento - California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner today announced his formal opposition to...
Rethink spending on anti-terrorism, report says
Police, mayors say shift more funds to fight crime
The government doles out too much anti-terrorism money to towns and cities for emergency equipment that rarely gets used while cash-...
Proposition 5 sounds good. Its authors say it would provide more drug treatment and rehabilitation programs for California's nonviolent offenders. This, in turn, would supposedly save the state billions of dollars due to reduced costs in prison and parole...
Category: Governor, LocalTags: Proposition 11, Nov. 4 election, Arnold SchwarzeneggerA group of leaders and law enforcement officials from Southern California made their push for Proposition 11 Wednesday, saying redistricting reform would help law enforcement...
Want to escape prison? Say you're an addict
Saddled with a variety of seemingly intractable problems, California's criminal justice system is a deeply frustrating mess. Among the groups upset with this mess are those who think the state's initiative-...
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