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Mar 2010

Sherman Oaks attorney nominated to L.A. Police Commission

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday nominated Sherman Oaks resident Richard Drooyan, an attorney with a long history of police reform, to the Los Angeles Police Commission. Drooyan, 59, was a member of the blue-ribbon Christopher...

15

Mar 2010

State unable to gauge effectiveness of prison rehab

Last January, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation unveiled an overhaul of parole and rehabilitation programs to satisfy a court order to drastically reduce the inmate population. Prison officials said the changes...

14

Mar 2010

Cutting to the core

Cuts to ambulance service are on hold pending further study, but layoffs of child-care workers at city parks are moving forward. Library hours and service days are on the chopping block. DASH bus service may be cut back. City departments...

13

Mar 2010

Jim McDonnell sworn in as Long Beach police chief

LONG BEACH - The city celebrated the swearing-in of its new police chief Saturday, a chief who vowed to honor old traditions while looking for new ways to make a great police force even better. "I plan to value tradition but not always be...