As one of the world's busiest waterways, the bustling Port of Los Angeles and the areas surrounding it present a major crime-fighting challenge for both the independent harbor police force and the Los Angeles Police Department.
Officers must provide...
Republican Steve Cooley maintained his lead in the tight race for California attorney general Monday, although the last unresolved contest for statewide office remained too close to call nearly a week after Election Day.
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Riverside police today are mourning the death of an officer who was shot to death Sunday night while attempting to stop a hit-and run-driver, authorities said.
Officer Ryan Bonaminio, a four-year veteran of the force, died at a hospital, Riverside police...
They have prosecuted streetwalkers. Imprisoned drug dealers. Gone after graffiti. And busted landlords for blight.
The puppies jostled for position, gnawing on one another's tails and rolling in the grass of the outdoor pen. The two Los Angeles policemen watched them with the cool calculation they might give suspects in a crime lineup.
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley widened his lead in the race for California attorney general, and now leads his Democratic rival, San Francisco Dist. Atty. Kamala Harris, by 26,455 votes, according to the latest statewide figures.
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Oakland's police force will keep shrinking, with voters having rejected two out of three revenue-raising measures on the ballot this week, City Administrator Dan Lindheim said Thursday.
The force now has 673 officers, but Lindheim said the city's 2010-11...
Some disturbing new information on just how many parolees in California are returning to a life of crime, and then back to prison: It's become a revolving door for many inmates.
Most inmates have been to prison before according to a new state report....
A San Diego Superior Court judge has ordered pension officials to release public records on high-earning retired county employees - information originally denied to a taxpayer watchdog group.
Two reputed gang members were arrested in the Halloween killing of a 5-year-old boy who was shot in the head as he showed off his Spider-Man costume in his backyard, police said Friday.
Marcus Denson, 18, was arrested Thursday at a home near the killing...
The state parole board has approved Michael McDonald's release three times and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed it each time, saying the convicted murderer showed a "lack of insight" into his crime because he still insisted he was innocent.
But a...
A man who absconded from parole in California 12 years ago has been arrested in northern Montana after disclosing his location in an update on his Facebook page.
A fugitive task force in California learned that Robert Lewis Crose, 47, was working in...
More than two-thirds of paroled inmates in California are back in prison within three years, with the highest rates among younger inmates and those with shorter sentences, according to a new state report.
The recidivism rate in California remains among...
Saying sex offenders are being forced to choose between prison and homelessness, a Los Angeles judge issued an opinion this week blocking enforcement of provisions a state law restricting how close those offenders can live from parks or schools.
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Prosecutors from California's two most prominent cities, who both ran bruising campaigns, were locked in a dead heat Wednesday in their race for attorney general, neither ready to declare victory a day after the polls had closed.
San Francisco District...
Funeral services were held Wednesday for an LAPD officer killed by a roadside bomb while serving in Afghanistan.
Mourners and fellow officers gathered at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles for a mass honoring 28-year-old Marine...
The Los Angeles Police Department has temporarily dropped efforts to adopt a new e-mail system run by Google Inc. after it ran up against federal security requirements for storing law enforcement records, city officials said Tuesday.
The new federal...
A pipe bomb in a backpack was discovered Monday night inside a planter in the foyer of LAPD's 77th St. Division station at 77th St. and Broadway Ave.
What led up to the discovery isn't known yet however, one man is in custody in connection with the bomb...
The Los Angeles City Council will be asked Tuesday to approve a $75,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killers of a 5-year-old in the backyard of a South L.A. home as he prepared to trick-or-treat.
"This is a crime...
The Los Angeles Police Department today urged Southlanders to remain vigilant about passing on possible terrorist-related information to authorities.
The plea was made in the wake of last week's discovery of packages containing explosive materials that...
Some streets in downtown Los Angeles will be closed briefly Tuesday and Wednesday for a public visitation and private funeral services for Joshua J. Cullins, a Marine reservist and Los Angeles police officer killed in Afghanistan.
Cullins, 28, was killed...
It's been 43 years since CHP officer Merle Andrews was gunned down on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, but friends and law enforcement officials gathered Friday to celebrate the long journey to a fitting tribute.
Signs declaring the interchange of the San...
