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Mar 2010

Officer in Calif. shootout taken off life support

A police officer who was critically wounded in a rural Fresno County shootout that left two others dead was taken off life support Monday. Reedley police Officer Javier Bejar was wounded Thursday when he arrived to provide backup for...

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Mar 2010

Bill to limit early release to state prisons

A state Assemblyman has introduced legislation to ensure that a recently enacted law allowing the early release of nonviolent offenders would only apply to state prisons, not county jails. The original law, a cost-saving measure that...

01

Mar 2010

Villaraigosa Has The Biggest, Most-Expensive Mayor's Office In Decades

We said Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa practically looked heroic earlier this month when he stepped up to call for the agonizing cuts -- 1,000 workers -- that the City Council avoided in the face of L.A.'s $212 budget deficit. But over the...

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Mar 2010

Erroll Southers to step down as LAX assistant police chief

Erroll Southers announced Monday that he will step down as assistant police chief at Los Angeles International Airport by the end of March, just two months after he withdrew his nomination to head the Transportation Security Administration...