NewsWatch
26
Jun 2009
Police chiefs have warned that cuts proposed to balance the state budget will leave Californians less safe.
That's probably true. In an effort to help fill a $24 billion deficit, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed releasing some low-...
26
Jun 2009
Reporting from Sacramento - A key strategy in Los Angeles' battle against street gangs - the use of court injunctions - has come under attack by state lawmakers who are moving to strictly limit it.
The state Senate has approved a measure...
26
Jun 2009
Los Angeles County's top prosecutor has warned that a budget proposal by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would so weaken court sentencing guidelines that if a swindler such as Bernard Madoff were to be brought to justice in California he would...
26
Jun 2009
A judge will decide next week whether to lift a federal monitor's oversight of the Los Angeles Police Department. The consent decree that put the monitor in place came after the Rampart Scandal 10 years ago.
L.A. Police Chief Bill Bratton...