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12
Jun 2010
Police in Vallejo are scheduled to receive a 7 percent pay raise next month, part of a labor contract negotiated after the city declared bankruptcy two years ago.
"The police getting a 7 percent raise is insane," said Vallejo Councilwoman...
12
Jun 2010
If the Los Angeles Lakers beat back the Boston Celtics and win the NBA Championship, the team has offered to pick up the tab of a city parade, a Lakers spokesman said Friday.
Kobe Bryant celebrates during the Lakers' celebration last...
12
Jun 2010
Budget cuts ordered by Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca have undermined his agency's ability to collect and analyze fingerprint evidence, causing delays for more than 65 homicide investigations and resulting in the destruction of...
12
Jun 2010
In my last column, I reflected on the disappointing but not altogether unsurprising news that Charlie Beck, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, had spoken out against Arizona's new law on illegal immigrants, SB 1070. In that column...