A federal appeals court upheld a ban on convicted felons possessing firearms on Monday, saying it's consistent with the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
"We are very glad they upheld the ban," said Lauren Horwood, spokeswoman for the U.S....
Hard-core gang member Howard Astorga is a parolee who had three prior felony convictions but was classified as low-level, non-violent criminal offender based on his commitment offense of Possession of Control Substance.
If Astorga was still in state...
Big Bucks
The Los Angeles City Council is wrestling with a budget deficit that's more than $200 million now and expected to more than triple in the next two years. As they look at laying off workers, cutting back hours at libraries, and...
The number of illegal immigrants living in the United States dropped by 1 million people in two years, according to new estimates by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The government believes 10.8 million illegal immigrants lived in the country in...
A 36-year-old man was charged Tuesday with allegedly attacking three people at random near downtown Los Angeles and slicing one's man ring finger off just two days after he was placed on probation for another assault.
Daryl Barnett faces felony charges...
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday made a rare address to the City Council to urge quick action on proposals to lay off workers, cut departments and privatize city parking garages, warning that any delay could force the city into a "financial...
The Los Angeles City Council is expected today to enter the next phase of reorganizing how city government works as it copes with a more than $200 million shortfall over the next four months and deal with a $400 million deficit next year.
A 41-point...
Representatives from two credit rating agencies expressed concern Monday about Los Angeles' precarious financial position and the City Council's indecision on budget cuts last week.
In a memo to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and City Council members, City...
Officials for the union representing Los Angeles police officers said Monday they are considering their legal options after a federal judge upheld a key provision of the federal consent decree that requires financial disclosures by gang and narcotics officers...
The City Council's foot-dragging last week on the city's budget crisis, and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's directions to staff to act quickly on job cuts, were both less than they appeared. More is required, and quickly, from city leaders.
Los Angeles must...
A company is capitalizing on the recent early releases of California prison inmates, running radio ads that advertise their safes as a "solution" to the problem.
Warnings from law enforcement about inmates potentially reoffending soon after getting out...
More than any disaster the city has faced, the financial meltdown of the past year is serving to force Los Angeles to redefine itself and the services it provides.
"I keep telling my friends that this year is awful and that next year and the next few...
A law that took effect last month that was intended to reduce inmate overcrowding by allowing early releases at state prisons and county jails is sowing confusion throughout California.
Lawmakers of both parties have called for repealing and modifying...
The union representing Los Angeles Police Department officers issued an I-told-ya-so this week as a state inmate who received an early release, apparently under the governor's budget-enhancing parole reform plan, was almost immediately arrested on suspicion of...
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa ordered officials Thursday to eliminate 1,000 city jobs and begin planning employee layoffs, one day after the City Council failed to do so amid a deepening budget crisis.
Disturbed by the council's inability to...
One of the inmates the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department released early as part of an effort to reduce the state's prison population was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attempted rape, less than 24 hours after getting out of jail, The Bee has...
New Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell
Despite warnings from the nation's top intelligence officials that a domestic terrorist attack is likely within the next six months, Los Angeles faces no greater threat than it has since the Sept. 11 attacks, a top police official said Wednesday.
Deputy...
Jim McDonnell, who served for most of the decade as one of former Chief William J. Bratton's top assistants at the Los Angeles Police Department and was among the short list of finalists to be his successor, was named Wednesday as the next chief of the Long...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to install cameras that automatically ticket speeding drivers hit a roadblock Wednesday.
Several members of the Senate budget committee expressed serious concerns about the idea despite a positive recommendation from the...
A two-year manhunt for a kidnapping and molestation suspect has ended with the arrest of a Hollywood man, thanks to some high-tech sleuthing seemingly out of the TV show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
Daniel Merino, 41, was arrested Friday on...
Los Angeles' red-light traffic camera program, which officials report netted more than $6 million last year after expenses, could be significantly expanded under a new contract to be negotiated over the next 14 months, records and interviews show.
While...
The drive to slash spending at Los Angeles City Hall is starting to crumble, as a growing number of City Council members waver in the face of angry constituents, disgruntled community groups and powerful union leaders.
With a vote scheduled Wednesday on...
As the Los Angeles City Council debated how to close a budget shortfall that is expected to grow to nearly $484 million next fiscal year, the city's top budget analyst for the first time identified more than $30 million in accounts controlled by City Council...
As the City Council delayed a decision on making layoffs and eliminating city departments to balance the deficit, some council members began talking Wednesday about proposing new taxes to help ease the city's budget woes.
Councilman Bill Rosendahl...
With the Los Angeles City Council weighing a plan to eliminate 1,000 government jobs, a top budget adviser said the city could save $69.3 million next year by halting hiring at the Police Department and laying off newly hired police officers.
City...
Los Angeles County began 2010 with significantly fewer homicides in the month of January than in recent years, including a 40% drop in the city of Los Angeles, according to a Times analysis of crime data.
Many of the city's top advocates for the homeless recently sent a letter to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa asking him to take "reexamine Skid Row" and reconsider how the city deploys police in the Center City East area.
In 2006, following coverage in the...
LOS ANGELES -- When a gang member was released from jail soon after his arrest for selling methamphetamine, friends and associates assumed he had cut a deal with authorities and become a police informant.
They sent a warning on Twitter that went like...
Starting Monday night, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department began releasing hundreds of inmates held in the county jails.
As many as 500 inmates could be released by the end of the week as a result of a new state law increasing the amount of time...
