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18
Jan 2010
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the City Council have a double task ahead of them. They must confront a serious cash-flow problem and take decisive, sober action to ensure that the city will have the money to pay its bills over the next 18...
17
Jan 2010
The nation's police chiefs are finding an alarming increase in criminals' use of assault weapons - the high-powered battlefield rifles that used to be banned, back when the federal government showed greater concern for public safety. The...
16
Jan 2010
Despite neighborhood complaints, most medical marijuana clinics are not typically the magnets for crime that critics often portray, according to Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck.
"Banks are more likely to get robbed than medical...
14
Jan 2010
In far too many cases at Los Angeles City Hall, the phone is ringing, but no one is home.
In fact, a new audit says taxpayers are paying nearly $3 million a year for nearly 12,000 municipal telephone lines that are no longer in use.
"With...