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02

Dec 2009

LA City Council renews $500,000 reward for 'Grim Sleeper' serial killer

The Los Angeles City Council renewed a $500,000 reward today for the so-called "Grim Sleeper," a serial killer linked to 11 murders, mostly in South Los Angeles, over the last quarter century. Eight of the murders were committed from 1985...

02

Dec 2009

E-mails show Washington state battled to keep Clemmons in custody

Documents released Tuesday show that a wide variety of state and local officials viewed Maurice Clemmons as a dangerous man, and wanted desperately to keep him in custody. But Washington officials encountered resistance from an unlikely...

01

Dec 2009

It ain't broke: So don't "fix" L.A.'s gang programs by growing government

The last thing the cash-strapped city of Los Angeles needs right now is for its public agencies to grow. City officials are in the process of stripping existing departments to fill an ever-growing gap between revenue and and spending....

01

Dec 2009

L.A. City Council puts off consideration of marijuana ordinance until next week

The Los Angeles City Council has pushed off until next Tuesday its continued consideration of a medical marijuana ordinance so that council members can review the latest draft, a 14-page document that the city attorney's office finished...