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Dec 2013

'Avoid the DUI' enforcement effort kicks into gear

Law enforcement agencies from the state, cities and counties begin their annual DUI crackdown on Friday, with a series of 100 rotating drunken-driving checkpoints and other enforcement efforts. Glendora Police Chief Rob Castro, whose...

10

Dec 2013

Council approves nearly $6-million payout in LAPD ticket quota case

An LAPD officer writes a ticket for a driver who didn't stop for pedestrians on Reseda Boulevard in Northridge in 2002. (Los Angeles Times) The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a nearly $6-million payout to a group of...

06

Dec 2013

San Fernando Valley toy drives: Give a gift or three to the less-fortunate

A gift donation box stand inside the front door at Starbucks on Honolulu Avenue in Montrose. Residents throughout the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles County can help brighten a child's holiday season by donating new, unwrapped gifts...

05

Dec 2013

William Bratton 'exactly' what New York needs, LAPD chief says

William J. Bratton, left, shakes hands with New York Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio during a news conference in New York on Thursday where Bratton was introduced as the city's next police commissioner. (Seth Wenig / Associated Press /...