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Oct 2010

Traffic plan for Friday presidential visit released

Portions of some streets near USC will be closed to traffic Friday because of President Barack Obama's visit, but police said Wednesday they were attempting to avoid the congestion that accompanied Obama's last visit. The closures, to...

21

Oct 2010

61 gang members, associates indicted on federal drug, weapons charges

LAPD Officer Tony Lobato, left, of the Harbor Division, and ATF Special Agent Christian Hoffman carry some of the confiscated weapons at the Harbor Station in San Pedro. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Federal and local law...

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Oct 2010

Jump in traffic tickets raises questions

Abubaker Bahrun had just finished loading his hotel shuttle van with luggage when he drove to a different hotel just a few dozen yards away on Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue in Hollywood. Since he was just about to jump out of the...

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Oct 2010

Eastside honors first Latino LAPD Commanding Officer

Family, friends, police and elected officials celebrated the renaming of the station and unveiled a marquee with the wording "Rudy De Leon Hollenbeck Police Station" on Oct. 16. (EGP photo by Gloria Angelina Castillo) High-ranking...