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Aug 2010

LAPD tactics in wild pursuit are under review

The chaotic, potentially dangerous ending to a high-speed car chase last week has raised questions among high-ranking Los Angeles Police Department officials over the tactics and force several officers used to apprehend the driver. Tonsha...

11

Aug 2010

Californians' income falls for first time since WWII

Government statisticians have put a number on Californians' paycheck pain last year: about $40 billion. The federal Bureau of Economic Analysis said personal incomes of Golden State workers fell by that amount in 2009 compared with the...

11

Aug 2010

On the Streets with the LAPD

In an era of steep budget cuts, police officers' work just gets harder. Watch and listen to the multimedia presentation by Robert Nickelsberg for TIME. He recently spent several days with officers from the Southeast and 77th Street...

10

Aug 2010

Governor gets bill to keep cell phones from inmates

The Senate voted 34-0 Monday to send Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a bill that would make it illegal to smuggle a cell phone to a state prison inmate or to possess one while in prison. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Angeles,...