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05
Jan 2012
Hollywood arson suspect Harry Burkhart terrorized Los Angeles residents with a four-day rampage over New Year's weekend because he was "motivated by his rage against Americans," prosecutors alleged in court papers filed Wednesday.
Burkhart...
05
Jan 2012
LAPD officers arrest an Occupy L.A. protester near the encampment at City Hall in November. (Wally Skalij, Los Angeles Times / November 29, 2011)
Even since the economy began stalling several years ago, there have been dire warnings...
04
Jan 2012
SWAT team members near Foothill Boulevard and the 210 Freeway. (Anne Cusack/ Los Angeles Times)
A parolee apprehended Wednesday night on suspicion of shooting a parole officer after an hours-long manhunt was involved in a standoff with...
04
Jan 2012
(Federico Stevanin/freedigitalphotos.net)
A new California law that prohibits the carrying of an unloaded handgun in public already is under legal attack.
Charles Nichols, a Redondo Beach resident, filed a lawsuit late last year in...