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Mar 2012

Crackdown on prostitution in Sun Valley leads to 16 arrests

An arrest is made by LAPD officers during a prostitution sting on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 on Lankershim Boulevard in Sun Valley. (Andy Holzman/Daily News Staff Photographer) The Los Angeles Police Department conducted its largest...

08

Mar 2012

Lawsuit challenges LAPD impound policy

A group of civil rights attorneys filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the Los Angeles Police Department's recently approved policy on impounding the cars of unlicensed drivers. The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court argues...

06

Mar 2012

L.A. budget chief says city cannot pay raises promised to 20,000

Miguel A. Santana, city administrative officer, listens as the City Council works on changes to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's proposed budget in the council chambers last May. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times) L.A.'s top budget official...

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Mar 2012

California ban on driver cellphone use is saving lives, study says

Fewer Californians are dying in traffic accidents caused by hand-held cellphone use, according to a study by the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center at UC Berkeley. Traffic deaths declined by 22% in the two years after the...