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Jul 2012

Sheriff's dispatcher killed in collision with unlicensed driver

CHP officers investiage an accident resulting in a fatality on Pigeon Pass Rd and Chambray Dr. In Moreno Valley on July, 12, 2012. (KURT MILLER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) A Moreno Valley man who died early Thursday, July 12, when his...

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Jul 2012

Crime down, but killings surge in San Fernando Valley

Although overall crime is down across the city of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley, homicides in the Valley are up by 50 percent in the first half of 2012, according to the latest police statistics. Through July 7, there had been 33...

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Jul 2012

L.A. has lowest crime among big U.S. cities, midyear figures show

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa hold a news conference in May after an array of firearms were collected. Beck called L.A. the safest big city in America after the release of a midyear report on...

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Jul 2012

Summer heat can be deadly for children, pets left in cars

PANORAMA CITY - The noontime temperature Tuesday registered 93 degrees, with the humidity pushing the misery index to triple-digit territory. Inside an LAPD patrol car with the windows shut, a large block of ice quickly melted into a...