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Aug 2009
The system's general manager urges 'prudent' repayment in 5 years, not 15. The money would come from employees or the city's general fund.
A high-level Los Angeles pension official has recommended that the city pay off the cost of an...
03
Aug 2009
As police officers and deputies are being laid off across California, the idea is almost breathtaking: Reduce California's prison population by 27,300 inmates, partly by letting some out of the gates.
The plan, part of Gov. Arnold...
03
Aug 2009
The Alameda County Public Defender's Office has begun telling judges it can't represent certain defendants because it lacks enough money and staff members to give them a constitutionally adequate defense.
Public Defender Diane Bellas had...
03
Aug 2009
It was a scenario U.S. law enforcement had long feared: A fragmentation grenade from Mexico's bloody drug war tossed into a public place.
Only the grenade thrower's bumbling prevented bloodshed in a south Texas bar - he neglected to pull a...
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