As California staggers toward the fifth week of the fiscal year without a spending plan, a month of closed-door talks in the Capitol have produced little but tension and finger-pointing. The calendar is flipping toward August with no resolution in sight.
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Arraignment has been delayed for a Los Angeles man accused of the "Grim Sleeper" serial killings.
Lonnie Franklin Jr. appeared in court Tuesday to answer to 10 counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, but there was a change of public defenders...
Long Beach Police Department investigators are asking for the public's help in finding a hit-and-run driver who slammed into a Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officer Tuesday morning.
The crash, which occurred at about 10:16 a.m. at the corner...
A surprise offer from the Oakland police union means Oakland voters likely will be asked to shoulder the burden of solving Oakland"s budget mess once again.
The council voted 5-3 Monday night to place a $360 parcel tax on the November ballot "" an...
Police officials are attributing a higher property crime rate partly to the continued inflow of parolees released under a state program designed to reduce the prison inmate population.
Seventeen parolees, some of whom could be early-release inmates, will...
The glowing billboards aren't advertising a product. They're offering a tribute to law enforcement, the South L.A. community and the families of the victims of the Grim Sleeper.
The digital billboards show the faces of 12 people; 11 were slain by the...
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Facing a threatened legal battle over alleged racial discrimination, California prison officials have agreed to meet with the Prison Law Office over the department's controversial use of lockdowns on general population inmates.
In a July 17 letter to the...
Arizona's law aimed at removing illegal immigrants has grabbed headlines, but quietly this year the number of cities and counties nationwide joining a federal program targeting illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes has more than doubled.
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California taxpayers are on the hook when the state's giant public pension system -- lately plagued by corruption scandals and huge losses -- makes a bad investment. Yet they are permitted to see little of what goes into its investment decisions.
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TREMENDOUS advances in the use of DNA evidence as a crime-solving tool have increased public safety over the past two decades by taking serial rapists and murderers off the streets. The most recent example was the arrest and charging of the man suspected of...
Holiday visitors seeking a quiet day off beside the water at Folsom State Recreation Area on July 5 instead had front-row seats to a police pursuit as park rangers chased an assault suspect through throngs of picnickers.
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Responding to criticism of secrecy within the immigration detention system, federal officials launched an online service Friday to help relatives and attorneys find detainees in the sprawling networks of prisons and jails.
In the past, locating a...
Google Inc. has missed the deadline on its high-profile contract to take over Los Angeles' e-mail system, leaving nearly 20,000 city employees on an aging system that the city is paying the Internet search giant $7.25 million to replace.
The delay marks...
Venus Mason wasn't wearing her uniform at the Los Angeles Police Department's press conference outside the Starbucks on Crenshaw Boulevard. With her bright blouse, matching necklace and auburn-tipped dreadlocks, she looked more like the folks watching from the...
During normal times, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department hears from two to three small towns a year wondering how much taxpayer money they'd save by hiring deputies to replace their own police officers.
These are not normal times.
LASD's...
In many ways, the mission of the Los Angeles Police Department parallels that of the Marine Corps in Afghanistan: to rid communities of criminals who cause havoc and unrest for the law-abiding citizens.
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Half as many police cars as usual will be patrolling Vallejo streets beginning Saturday, police said Wednesday.
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A report issued by California Attorney General Jerry Brown Thursday shows hate crimes in California dropped by more than 20 percent in 2009, highlighting a trend that was reflected in the San Gabriel Valley, authorities said.
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Californians maintain their solid support for the death penalty as a punishment for serious crimes, but are divided on whether they would impose a death sentence or life without parole for first-degree murder, according to a Field Poll being released today....
California led the nation in drive-by shootings during a six-month period in 2008 with 148 reported shootings that killed 40 and injured 129, according to a study released yesterday by a national nonprofit educational organization.
The Violence Policy...
Orange County supervisors approved a contract Tuesday to house federal immigration detainees at two county jails, a deal that will bring in more than $30 million a year and help save jobs in the Sheriff's Department.
The Sheriff's Department has been...
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Local assessors and the state Board of Equalization are still compiling final data, but it appears that local governments will see another decline in property tax revenues this year.
The sharp decline in the state's residential and...
An unexpected exodus of Baltimore police officers in the days and weeks before cuts to their pension benefits took effect has left the department short-staffed at a critical juncture in its efforts to reduce crime.
Officers have complained for months...
A California prison inmate who was released by mistake in an identity mix-up is back in custody.
The state corrections department says Eric Rodriguez surrendered Tuesday to a California Highway Patrol officer who was checking for stolen vehicles near a...
A nonprofit group in Washington says the number of police officers who have died in the line of duty is up 43 percent so far this year.
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund released preliminary data Wednesday. It shows that 87 officers...
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