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The Los Angeles budget director Wednesday painted an even grimmer picture of the city's financial health, saying steeper cuts - including 10 more furlough days and shutting down some departments one day a week - would be needed to balance this year's spending...
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Outraged House Republicans, criticizing the state Parole Board's decision to free a serial armed robber who shot and killed a Woburn police officer last week, demanded action today on a bill to crack down on repeat violent offenders.
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The next time you're in California, you might not want to bring your cell phone with you. The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can search the cell phone of a person who's been arrested -- including text messages -- without obtaining a warrant,...
The mayor and police chief argued Tuesday that it is imperative for the Los Angeles Police Department to remain around the 10,000-officer level despite an ongoing budget crisis, saying the size of the force contributed to a record decline in the city's homicide...
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Tuesday he did not favor the idea of reducing the city's police department.
It is imperative for the police department to remain around the 10,000-officer level despite an ongoing budget crisis, the mayor said...
A recent string of murders in South Los Angeles prompted the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday to unanimously approve three separate $50,000 rewards.
Family members of the three victims joined the Los Angeles Police Department to ask for help in...
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At least 42% of police officers killed in vehicle crashes over the past three decades were not...
California is carrying the weight of decades-old public safety woes into the new year.
Not that the state is becoming a more dangerous place. To the contrary, crime rates across nearly all major categories and in almost every region are retreating, as...
It began with a sheriff's deputy investigating a report of gunfire at a trailer park. By the time it was over, the deputy and the suspected shooter were dead, and a police officer was wounded in a gunbattle with the suspect.
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The Los Angeles Fire Department will impose a new round of reductions in fire staffing starting Sunday, part of its effort to slash expenses in a bad budget year, department officials said.
Fire Chief Millage Peaks said the department will decrease by...
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California motorists, already in sticker shock over rising fines for parking and traffic tickets, should prepare for more beginning Saturday.
The state is adding $4 to the price of every traffic ticket. The fee will pay for emergency air transport...
One more good reason to drive safely in California: If you cause an accident, you may be on the hook to pay the police and firefighters who show up to help.
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THEIR AVERAGE AGE was 41, their average length of service was nearly 12 years and, on average, each left behind two children. They were the 154 men and six women, all law enforcement officers, who died in the United States in the line of duty this year. This...
The LAPD's Central Area, which covers most of Downtown, reported a 2.8% drop in violent and property crimes in 2010.
The figure, compiled from reports through Dec. 18, also reflects an 11% decrease over the past two years; the trend continued with the...
When Washington debates whether America is safe, the focus now is usually on the increasing threat of terrorism - not violent crime.
That has largely obscured some good news about violent crime: Across the nation, homicide rates have dropped to their...
This week's news that Los Angeles is likely to finish the year with the fewest homicides in nearly half a century should be both a source of satisfaction and a challenge to city and county policymakers.
Barring some dreadful event between now and New...
New developments in the investigation of a Christmas shooting that killed a South Los Angeles mother as her daughter watched. There's now a reward in the case.
A news conference was held Tuesday afternoon to announce the reward.
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The decline in violent crime in Los Angeles has been among this region's most gratifying and encouraging trends in recent years. But some have worried that the decline must inevitably level off and give way to stasis. Happily, year-end data from the Los Angeles...
After 34 years on the police force, John Maguire had finally put in his retirement papers.
He told relatives who for years had asked the 60-year-old officer to slow down that he was taking their advice. Starting Jan. 1, he would be off the busy night...
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With a handful of reports of celebratory gunfire around the city in the first few minutes of Christmas Day, Los Angeles police and sheriff's deputies today are warning people about shooting into the air to ring in the new year.
Sheriff Lee Baca and LAPD...
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