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Jan 2011
Government reformers and youth advocates have long called for California to get out of the business of juvenile corrections.
Now they're backing Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to eliminate the state Division of Juvenile Justice and give...
30
Jan 2011
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 20 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database.
Twelve neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime....
29
Jan 2011
In better times, Los Angeles city elections have served as vehicles for leaders' ambitious ideas - from expanding the city's solar energy capacity to building more than two dozen new libraries. This spring's contest testifies to an era in...
29
Jan 2011
Officers search outside El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills after a Los Angeles school police officer reported he had been shot Jan. 19. It later was determined that he had concocted the story. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press...