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Funeral services will be held today for a diminutive LAPD anti-gang detective who recently died after a 7-year-battle with cancer.

Services for Janine Manji, a 13-year LAPD veteran who died April 13, will be held at 10 a.m. at the Higashi Honganji...

While 45 percent of LA voters recently called for Antonio Villaraigosa's early retirement, the mayor has his own plan to get rid of the "deadwood" at City Hall.

In pitching his hypothetical plan to erase the looming $530 million city budget deficit, the...

A day after releasing a budget that calls for shared sacrifice, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa launched a campaign to rally support for a menu of employee concessions that are already proving unappetizing to city unions.

While some unions are willing to...

Mayor hopes union concessions will help avoid laying off 2,800 city workers.

Seeking to close a $530-million budget gap, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Tuesday that he favored cutting workers through early retirement offers...

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Kristina Ripatti, a former LAPD officer who was shot and paralyzed by a robbery suspect in 2006, recently participated in the grueling Boston Marathon.

Since she was seriously wounded in the line of duty, Ripatti has given birth and received a home...

A $7 billion spending plan unveiled today by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa relies on renegotiating employee contracts and privatizing municipal facilities and parking to eliminate a $530 million deficit.

The mayor - who said he will cut his own $223,000...

In the hyperbole of local politics, this is the year the Titanic hits the iceberg.

After a year of constant adjustments to the $7.2 billion spending plan, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today is set to release his 2009-10 budget - one that is expected to...

Sometimes police officers need to get from one place to another more quickly than traffic conditions will allow, which is why the cars they drive are equipped with sirens and bright flashing lights.

"But, Dunphy," you say, "Why write about something so...

Four years ago, Micah Blackwell of Watts befriended community relations officers. Today, as he turns 13, they have become part of the family.

Their first encounter had the makings of a throwaway moment - a friendly cop on the community...

Nearly 200 city workers and members of community organizations gathered for better government at the first SEIU Efficiency Summit on Saturday, April 11. They promoted ideas to save money, eliminate waste, and promote services during this budget crisis. City...

Mayor wants wage and benefit decreases from workers but needs the support of his powerful union allies if he is to run for governor.

As Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa prepares to give his State of the City speech today, he...

Over the objection of former LAPD chief and current City Councilman Bernard Parks, a council committee today backed a policy change that would give police officers more discretion over when to activate the lights and sirens on their patrol cars.

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A proposal approved Monday by a Los Angeles public safety panel would give police officers more discretion over when to flip on their lights and sirens.

The recommendation is partly aimed at reducing lawsuits stemming from accidents that occur when...

In police lingo it's known as Code 3: An emergency call that sends cops speeding through traffic with the squad car's lights flashing and sirens blaring.

Then there's "Code 2 1/2 ," an off-the-books practice of racing to a call without lights or sirens...

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Kristina Ripatti hopes to finish the Boston Marathon's hand cycling race in under two hours.

This year's Boston...

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With Los Angeles city government facing a $535 million deficit in the coming fiscal year, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Monday 2,580 layoffs could be avoided if city workers...

Some Los Angeles city unions may cut their hours and make other concessions to save jobs. Will that mean a reduction in services? Will the Police Protective League go along?

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L.A.'s mayor says every city department must share in 'sacrifice' to solve the budget crisis or 2,800 workers will have to be laid off.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday said unions representing city workers would...

With Los Angeles city government facing a $535 million deficit in the coming fiscal year, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said today 2,580 layoffs could be avoided if city workers increase contributions to their retirement funds and defer scheduled raises.

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For Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the next two weeks will be his chance to reconnect with the city.

His re-election campaign is safely, if shakily, behind him, as are the national campaigning and a respite from the trips to Washington, D.C., and Sacramento...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The man who gunned down 13 people on Friday was well known at a Johnson City, N.Y., outdoors store, where he often purchased or exchanged handguns, a store employee said.Jiverly A. Wong, 41, frequently exchanged guns at the store, said Dave...

PITTSBURGH - In a scene that neighbors described as a war zone, a gunman fatally shot three police officers on Saturday morning as they responded to a domestic dispute between a mother and her son.

Chief Nathan Harper of the Pittsburgh police said the...

Carmen 'Nuch' Trutanich and Jack Weiss trade jabs over conflicts of interest, development, illegal billboards and gun control. The runoff election is May 19.

The two candidates vying for the Los Angeles city attorney's job entered a...

The Los Angeles Police Protective League has endorsed Carmen Trutanich in the race for Los Angeles City Attorney.

Trutanich, who lives in Harbor City, is running against L.A. Councilman Jack Weiss in the May 19 runoff.

In its endorsement, league...

American law enforcement follows two different models when it comes to the selection of senior executives.

Traditionally, municipal police chiefs are appointed by mayors and county sheriffs are elected by the people. So while police chiefs are...

Hamstrung by a citywide hiring freeze and widespread job vacancies, Los Angeles Police Department officials have resorted to using scores of police officers to perform clerical duties and other desk-bound work meant to be done by civilian employees.

In...

A proposal to change the way security is provided to on-location film and television shoots in Los Angeles was met with resistance today from location scouts who said the system does not need tweaking.

The Los Angeles City Council's Public Works...