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Sep 2009

Firefighters and police put their lives at risk on the job every day. Now, the LAPD is rallying around the family of one of its own. Click here for more information about the Taylor family and how to help. Officer Scott Taylor's...

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Sep 2009

3-year-old's drowning underscores L.A. Fire Department budget cuts

No rescue unit was available at the nearest fire station when the Bel-Air emergency call came in - in part because of budget-related idling of trucks. Next-nearest unit took 10 minutes to arrive. A 3-year-old boy died in a swimming pool...

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Sep 2009

California Assembly passes a slimmed-down prison measure

The revised package falls $230 million short of the $1.2 billion in cuts to prisons in the July budget deal. It's unclear whether the Senate or governor will go along with the plan. After more than a week of political hand-wringing, the...

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Aug 2009

Meetings held for Bratton replacement

The civilian panel overseeing the Los Angeles Police Department will begin holding community meetings next week to ask Angelenos what qualities they would most like to see in the next police chief. "Public input is critical in this process...